diff --git a/docs/documentation/markdown.md b/docs/documentation/markdown.md
index ca83e89565cc9836df11103ed4bfb2c6da2f744c..33614c0cbaeb77355ac595493b5bc505fb7230c0 100644
--- a/docs/documentation/markdown.md
+++ b/docs/documentation/markdown.md
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ A block of **"indented code"** with four spaces at the start of each line:
 
 ### Syntax highlighting for code
 
-*   For code blocks, some platforms (e.g. GitHub) will guess guess the language of the code and automatically apply syntax highlighting to the display.
+*   For code blocks, some platforms (e.g. GitHub) will guess the language of the code and automatically apply syntax highlighting to the display.
 *   To force a particular type of syntax highlighting, use fenced code with a keyword (like `javascript` in this case) as follows:
 
     ````