diff --git a/man7/cgroups.7 b/man7/cgroups.7
index 7a349c1dd..ca212cb98 100644
--- a/man7/cgroups.7
+++ b/man7/cgroups.7
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ Changing the ownership of this file means that the delegatee
 can move processes into the root of the delegated subtree.
 .TP
 .IR /dlgt_grp/cgroup.subtree_control " (cgroups v2 only)"
-Changing the ownership of this file means that that the delegatee
+Changing the ownership of this file means that the delegatee
 can enable controllers (that are present in
 .IR /dlgt_grp/cgroup.controllers )
 in order to further redistribute resources at lower levels in the subtree.