diff --git a/share/man/man4/ip6.4 b/share/man/man4/ip6.4
index 9dd9007866a2..3c6c5969ecb5 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/ip6.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/ip6.4
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ Get or set whether a datagram's original destination address and port are
 returned as ancillary data along with the payload in subsequent
 .Xr recvmsg 2
 calls.
-The information is stored in the the ancillary data as a
+The information is stored in the ancillary data as a
 .Tn sockaddr_in6
 structure.
 .It Dv IPV6_PORTRANGE Fa "int *"