diff --git a/examples/paranoia/README.txt b/examples/paranoia/README.txt
index 515b742ef..fe15da086 100644
--- a/examples/paranoia/README.txt
+++ b/examples/paranoia/README.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ To run the paranoia test suite in parallel on Linux with valgrind:
 1. Download the paranoia tests (paranoia.7z) from the ngspice Quality web page.
 
 2. p7zip -d paranoia.7z
-Rename the the unzipped directory to a name without spaces which would
-otherwise confuse valgrind.
+Rename the unzipped directory to a name without spaces which would otherwise
+confuse valgrind.
 
 3. cd into the renamed unzipped directory.