diff --git a/man7/inotify.7 b/man7/inotify.7
index 26c9803a9..a0e2528ea 100644
--- a/man7/inotify.7
+++ b/man7/inotify.7
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ since it requires that an application cycle through
 .B INT_MAX
 watch descriptors,
 release a watch descriptor while leaving unread events for that
-watch descriptor in the queue in the queue,
+watch descriptor in the queue,
 and then recycle that watch descriptor.
 For this reason, and because there have been no reports
 of the bug occurring in real-world applications,