diff --git a/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Parallel-Processing-HOWTO.sgml b/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Parallel-Processing-HOWTO.sgml
index 433716fc..34aa6fba 100644
--- a/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Parallel-Processing-HOWTO.sgml
+++ b/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Parallel-Processing-HOWTO.sgml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ has begun.  Bandwidth for serial connections is often measured in
 correspond to 1/10 to 1/8 that many <bf>Bytes/second (B/s)</bf>.  For
 example, a 1,200 baud modem transfers about 120 B/s, whereas a 155
 Mb/s ATM network connection is nearly 130,000 times faster,
-transferring about about 17 MB/s.  High bandwidth allows large blocks
+transferring about 17 MB/s.  High bandwidth allows large blocks
 of data to be transferred efficiently between processors.
 
 <tag>Communication Latency:</tag>