diff --git a/Doc/library/webbrowser.rst b/Doc/library/webbrowser.rst
index ef637699991..aa5e4ad15d7 100644
--- a/Doc/library/webbrowser.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/webbrowser.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ available.  If text-mode browsers are used, the calling process will block until
 the user exits the browser.
 
 If the environment variable :envvar:`BROWSER` exists, it is interpreted as the
-:data:`os.pathsep`-separated list of browsers to try ahead of the the platform
+:data:`os.pathsep`-separated list of browsers to try ahead of the platform
 defaults.  When the value of a list part contains the string ``%s``, then it is
 interpreted as a literal browser command line to be used with the argument URL
 substituted for ``%s``; if the part does not contain ``%s``, it is simply