diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/docs/syntax/flowchart.md b/packages/mermaid/src/docs/syntax/flowchart.md
index 3620c159e5..23306acdd7 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/docs/syntax/flowchart.md
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/docs/syntax/flowchart.md
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ flowchart TB
     A & B--> C & D
 ```
 
-If you describe the same diagram using the the basic syntax, it will take four lines. A
+If you describe the same diagram using the basic syntax, it will take four lines. A
 word of warning, one could go overboard with this making the flowchart harder to read in
 markdown form. The Swedish word `lagom` comes to mind. It means, not too much and not too little.
 This goes for expressive syntaxes as well.