diff --git a/doc/tomb.1 b/doc/tomb.1
index 025728d..5f25a17 100644
--- a/doc/tomb.1
+++ b/doc/tomb.1
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ base root of the tomb.
 .IP "bind-hooks"
 This hook file consists of a simple text file named \fIbind-hooks\fR
 containing a two column list of paths to files or directories inside
-the tomb. The files and directories will be be made directly
+the tomb. The files and directories will be made directly
 accessible by the tomb \fIopen\fR command inside the current user's
 home directory. Tomb uses internally the "mount \-o bind" command to
 bind locations inside the tomb to locations found in $HOME. In the