diff --git a/ignoring-code-for-coverage.md b/ignoring-code-for-coverage.md
index fa750a0a..86b78eea 100644
--- a/ignoring-code-for-coverage.md
+++ b/ignoring-code-for-coverage.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ ignoring whichever path was required to be ignored.
 4. For all other cases, the Swiss army knife `/* istanbul ignore next */` may be used which skips the "next thing" in
 the source code
 5. The "next" thing may be, among other things:
-  * A JS statement (including assignments, ifs, loops, switches, functions) in which case all of the the statement is
+  * A JS statement (including assignments, ifs, loops, switches, functions) in which case all of the statement is
   ignored for all forms of coverage.
   * A switch case statement, in which case the particular case is ignored for branch coverage and its contents ignored
   for all forms