diff --git a/man/mergerfs.1 b/man/mergerfs.1
index 69afb3801..d9f7271c1 100644
--- a/man/mergerfs.1
+++ b/man/mergerfs.1
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ T}
 T{
 eplus (existing path, least used space)
 T}@T{
-If the path exists on multiple drives the the one with the least used
+If the path exists on multiple drives use the one with the least used
 space.
 For \f[B]create\f[] category it will exclude readonly drives and those
 with free space less than \f[B]minfreespace\f[].