diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/ChannelUpstreamHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/ChannelUpstreamHandler.java
index 08b0792a68..f8e7e237f1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/ChannelUpstreamHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/ChannelUpstreamHandler.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import org.jboss.netty.handler.execution.OrderedMemoryAwareThreadPoolExecutor;
  * <h3>Upstream events</h3>
  * <p>
  * An upstream event is an event which is supposed to be processed by
- * a series of upstream handlers in the the {@link ChannelPipeline}.
+ * a series of upstream handlers in the {@link ChannelPipeline}.
  * The upstream events are generated by an I/O thread, and they have the
  * following meaning:
  * <p>