diff --git a/docs/about.rst b/docs/about.rst
index 26884a79..d42cef4c 100644
--- a/docs/about.rst
+++ b/docs/about.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ difficult to make the animations precise enough to convey them accurately.
 ``manim`` uses Python to generate animations programmatically, which makes it
 possible to specify exactly how each one should run.
 
-This project is still very much a work in progress, but I hope the the
+This project is still very much a work in progress, but I hope that the
 information here will make it easier for newcomers to get started using
 ``manim``.