diff --git a/LDP/guide/docbook/sag/ch12.sgml b/LDP/guide/docbook/sag/ch12.sgml
index b4cf6dea..6115f448 100644
--- a/LDP/guide/docbook/sag/ch12.sgml
+++ b/LDP/guide/docbook/sag/ch12.sgml
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ tapes</entry></row>
 	<para> Backups take a lot of space, which can cost quite
 	a lot of money.  To reduce the space needed, the backups
 	can be compressed.  There are several ways of doing this.
-	Some programs have support for for compression built in; for
+	Some programs have support for compression built in; for
 	example, the <option>--gzip</option> (<option>-z</option>)
 	option for GNU <command>tar</command> pipes the whole backup
 	through the <command>gzip</command> compression program, before