diff --git a/Lib/logging/__init__.py b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
index 403dc81b13ef4e..4013e56fc3de4f 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ class Formatter(object):
     responsible for converting a LogRecord to (usually) a string which can
     be interpreted by either a human or an external system. The base Formatter
     allows a formatting string to be specified. If none is supplied, the
-    the style-dependent default value, "%(message)s", "{message}", or
+    style-dependent default value, "%(message)s", "{message}", or
     "${message}", is used.
 
     The Formatter can be initialized with a format string which makes use of