diff --git a/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/MIDI-HOWTO.sgml b/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/MIDI-HOWTO.sgml
index 238c6112..fefcd35e 100644
--- a/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/MIDI-HOWTO.sgml
+++ b/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/MIDI-HOWTO.sgml
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ As shown, this means, that all MIDI data sent to /dev/midi20 (or port 80:0 or /d
 <sect2>MusE<p>
 
 MusE is a full-featured MIDI sequencer written by Werner Schweer, available at http://muse.seh.de. We will need to
-configure the the virtual MIDI port as an output port in the section 'Config->MIDI Ports'. In MusE, the ports are
+configure the virtual MIDI port as an output port in the section 'Config->MIDI Ports'. In MusE, the ports are
 named by their ALSA names 'VirMIDI X-X': 
 
 Now make sure that the right port is selected as the output port for the channel on which you want the software