diff --git a/man8/ldconfig.8 b/man8/ldconfig.8
index b070a7a14..cc9bf9682 100644
--- a/man8/ldconfig.8
+++ b/man8/ldconfig.8
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ determining which versions should have their links updated.
 .B ldconfig
 will attempt to deduce the type of ELF libs (ie. libc5 or libc6/glibc)
 based on what C libs, if any, the library was linked against. 
-.\" FIXME:  The following sentence looks suspect suspect 
+.\" FIXME:  The following sentence looks suspect 
 .\" (perhaps historical cruft) -- MTK, Jul 2005
 Therefore, when making dynamic libraries,
 it is wise to explicitly link against libc (use \-lc).