diff --git a/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/guide/proc-macros.scrbl b/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/guide/proc-macros.scrbl
index 3115fd42ab..ad2bdeb78f 100644
--- a/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/guide/proc-macros.scrbl
+++ b/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/guide/proc-macros.scrbl
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ racket
 
 Since modules are separately compiled and cannot have circular
 dependencies, the @filepath["utils.rkt"] module's run-time body can be
-compiled before the compiling the module that implements
+compiled before compiling the module that implements
 @racket[swap].  Thus, the run-time definitions in
 @filepath["utils.rkt"] can be used to implement @racket[swap], as long
 as they are explicitly shifted into compile time by @racket[(require