diff --git a/how-it-works.md b/how-it-works.md
index 9f36a2b5..51a41fcd 100644
--- a/how-it-works.md
+++ b/how-it-works.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ The `=` operator then pipes the 'root' context through the `rhs` expression of `
 dog
 ```
 
-Both sides have now been evaluated, so now the operator copies across the value from the RHS (`.b`) to the the LHS (`.a`), and it returns the now updated context:
+Both sides have now been evaluated, so now the operator copies across the value from the RHS (`.b`) to the LHS (`.a`), and it returns the now updated context:
 
 ```yaml
 a: dog