diff --git a/tools/memory-model/Documentation/recipes.txt b/tools/memory-model/Documentation/recipes.txt
index af72700cc20a20ca8d8d2d524c1d777dd9c1e988..7fe8d7aa30290b48da3ad258c0cc5ad612b6a977 100644
--- a/tools/memory-model/Documentation/recipes.txt
+++ b/tools/memory-model/Documentation/recipes.txt
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ The smp_wmb() macro orders prior stores against later stores, and the
 smp_rmb() macro orders prior loads against later loads.  Therefore, if
 the final value of r0 is 1, the final value of r1 must also be 1.
 
-The the xlog_state_switch_iclogs() function in fs/xfs/xfs_log.c contains
+The xlog_state_switch_iclogs() function in fs/xfs/xfs_log.c contains
 the following write-side code fragment:
 
 	log->l_curr_block -= log->l_logBBsize;