diff --git a/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/User-Group-HOWTO.sgml b/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/User-Group-HOWTO.sgml
index 8b12d587..73876fac 100644
--- a/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/User-Group-HOWTO.sgml
+++ b/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/User-Group-HOWTO.sgml
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ concerning GNU/Linux, it's also pointless:  Unlike the case with proprietary
 OSes, our OS will not live or die by the level of its acceptance and
 release/maintenance of ported applications.  It and all key applications
 are open source: the programmer community that maintains it is
-self-supporting, and would keep it advancing and and healthy regardless
+self-supporting, and would keep it advancing and healthy regardless
 of whether the business world and general public uses it with wild
 abandon, only a little, or not at all. Because of its open-source
 licence terms, source code is permanently available. GNU/Linux cannot be