diff --git a/docs/reference/query-dsl/geo-distance-query.asciidoc b/docs/reference/query-dsl/geo-distance-query.asciidoc
index 5c1b0a1ecfc3..5fc39a415aca 100644
--- a/docs/reference/query-dsl/geo-distance-query.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/query-dsl/geo-distance-query.asciidoc
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ a given distance of a geopoint.
 [[geo-distance-query-ex]]
 ==== Example
 
-Assume the following the following documents are indexed:
+Assume the following documents are indexed:
 
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