diff --git a/src/material/table/table.md b/src/material/table/table.md
index a46ff2e62214..337d636ca9e9 100644
--- a/src/material/table/table.md
+++ b/src/material/table/table.md
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ and its interface is not tied to any one specific implementation.
 #### Virtual scrolling
 
 An alternative approach to showing a large amount of data inside a Material table is to use
-virtual scrolling which will only render the the visible rows in the DOM as the user is scrolling.
+virtual scrolling which will only render the visible rows in the DOM as the user is scrolling.
 
 To enable virtual scrolling you have to wrap the Material table in a `<cdk-virtual-scroll-viewport>`
 element and add CSS to make the viewport scrollable.