diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki-makerepo.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki-makerepo.mdwn
index 61ca8e6fa..eccfb692a 100644
--- a/doc/ikiwiki-makerepo.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki-makerepo.mdwn
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ made into a clone of it. (monotone and darcs are similar.)
 For svn and cvs, the `repo` is the centralized repository, and the `srcdir`
 is a checkout of it.
 
-For for mercurial and bzr, the srcdir is the only repository set up.
+For mercurial and bzr, the srcdir is the only repository set up.
 
 For darcs, the master repo's apply hook will be preconfigured to call a
 ikiwiki wrapper.