diff --git a/source/applications/geospatial-indexes.txt b/source/applications/geospatial-indexes.txt
index 81923331ed7..52f3a5a0f80 100644
--- a/source/applications/geospatial-indexes.txt
+++ b/source/applications/geospatial-indexes.txt
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ Polygons
    Support for polygon queries.
 
 To query for documents with coordinates inside of a polygon, specify the points
-of the polygon in an array, using the the :operator:`$within` operator
+of the polygon in an array, using the :operator:`$within` operator
 with the :operator:`$polygon` option. MongoDB automatically connects the
 last point in the array to the first point. Consider the following
 prototype query: