diff --git a/gping.1 b/gping.1
index 5f02998a3..1f2b77b7a 100644
--- a/gping.1
+++ b/gping.1
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ gping - ping(1), but with a graph
 \f[B]gping\f[R] \f[B]-s\f[R] \f[B]-b 20\f[R] ccc.de
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
-This manual page documents briefly the \f[B]gping\f[R] commmand.
+This manual page documents briefly the \f[B]gping\f[R] command.
 .PP
 This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the
 original program does not have a manual page.