diff --git a/COMPOSITE_HOWTO b/COMPOSITE_HOWTO
index afda9c5e55..75e7766cc2 100644
--- a/COMPOSITE_HOWTO
+++ b/COMPOSITE_HOWTO
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
 
 in 'Section "Screen"' may improve performance for non-TFP (texture_from_pixmap) modes.
 
-For the TFP mode AIGLX needs to work. With AIGLX direct rendering should be be disabled
+For the TFP mode AIGLX needs to work. With AIGLX direct rendering should be disabled
 (see GLDirect below, with X.org older than 7.2 "export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1" before
 running kwin may be necessary).