diff --git a/docs/usermanual-buffers-language-script-and-direction.xml b/docs/usermanual-buffers-language-script-and-direction.xml
index 2865426f2..d98c79b7f 100644
--- a/docs/usermanual-buffers-language-script-and-direction.xml
+++ b/docs/usermanual-buffers-language-script-and-direction.xml
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
       hb_buffer_set_language(buf, hb_language_from_string("en", -1));
     </programlisting>
     <para>
-      However, since these properties are often the repeated for
+      However, since these properties are often repeated for
       multiple text runs, you can also save them in a
       <literal>hb_segment_properties_t</literal> for reuse:
     </para>