diff --git a/LDP/retired/Cyrillic-HOWTO.sgml b/LDP/retired/Cyrillic-HOWTO.sgml
index 14ec82a9..66179436 100644
--- a/LDP/retired/Cyrillic-HOWTO.sgml
+++ b/LDP/retired/Cyrillic-HOWTO.sgml
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ spell-check, by supplying <tt/'-d russian'/ option to <bf/ispell/.
 
 Now, if you use <bf/Emacs/, you may want to add a menu item for a
 russian dictionary. I sent a proposed menu entry to the <tt/ispell.el/
-maintainer and he kindly agreed to include it in the the next public
+maintainer and he kindly agreed to include it in the next public
 release of the file. Meanwhile, you may do it by adding the following
 code in your <tt>~/.emacs</tt> (or in
 <tt>/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.el</tt> for a system-wide