diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/Belarusian-HOWTO.sgml b/LDP/howto/docbook/Belarusian-HOWTO.sgml
index 75c2a7fb..1dbb15dd 100644
--- a/LDP/howto/docbook/Belarusian-HOWTO.sgml
+++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/Belarusian-HOWTO.sgml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 			<para>
 				As for now, the choice is mainly between windows-1251 and
 				iso-8859-5. Windows-1251 provides compatibility with M$
-				Windows and it is is by far the most popular charset for
+				Windows and it is by far the most popular charset for
 				nearly all slavic languages. On the other side, iso-8859-5 is
 				better supported and easier to set up. 
 			</para>