diff --git a/scripts/basic/docproc.c b/scripts/basic/docproc.c
index d6071cb..f4d2f68 100644
--- a/scripts/basic/docproc.c
+++ b/scripts/basic/docproc.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
  * Document all external or internal functions in a file.
  * Call kernel-doc with following parameters:
  * kernel-doc -docbook -nofunction function_name1 filename
- * function names are obtained from all the the src files
+ * function names are obtained from all the src files
  * by find_export_symbols.
  * intfunc uses -nofunction
  * extfunc uses -function