1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt
index 7703ec73a9bb..91266193b8f4 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome!
         updater uses call_rcu_sched() or synchronize_sched(), then
         the corresponding readers must disable preemption, possibly
         by calling rcu_read_lock_sched() and rcu_read_unlock_sched().
-        If the updater uses synchronize_srcu() or call_srcu(),
-        the the corresponding readers must use srcu_read_lock() and
+        If the updater uses synchronize_srcu() or call_srcu(), then
+        the corresponding readers must use srcu_read_lock() and
         srcu_read_unlock(), and with the same srcu_struct.  The rules for
         the expedited primitives are the same as for their non-expedited
         counterparts.  Mixing things up will result in confusion and