diff --git a/man2/umount.2 b/man2/umount.2
index 8606e07d0..2af25d955 100644
--- a/man2/umount.2
+++ b/man2/umount.2
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ or
 Don't dereference
 .I target
 if it is a symbolic link.
-This flag allows security problems to be avoided in in set-user-ID-\fIroot\fP
+This flag allows security problems to be avoided in set-user-ID-\fIroot\fP
 programs that allow unprivileged users to unmount file systems.
 .SH "RETURN VALUE"
 On success, zero is returned.