diff --git a/man7/socket.7 b/man7/socket.7
index aadbe6ab5..7f309cb8e 100644
--- a/man7/socket.7
+++ b/man7/socket.7
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ event is returned.
 .\" It does not affect wake up.
 .IP
 Background: this option was added when waking up on an error condition
-occurred occured only via the
+occurred only via the
 .IR readfds
 and
 .IR writefds