diff --git a/docs/appcontext.rst b/docs/appcontext.rst
index 63006ad4..cdc14d94 100644
--- a/docs/appcontext.rst
+++ b/docs/appcontext.rst
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ writing reusable :doc:`blueprints </blueprints>` or
 import at all.
 
 Flask solves this issue with the *application context*. Rather than
-referring to an ``app`` directly, you use the the :data:`current_app`
+referring to an ``app`` directly, you use the :data:`current_app`
 proxy, which points to the application handling the current activity.
 
 Flask automatically *pushes* an application context when handling a