diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/dvb/dmx-qbuf.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/dvb/dmx-qbuf.rst
index 17e70143c1b0..1a13a33834db 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/dvb/dmx-qbuf.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/dvb/dmx-qbuf.rst
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ by a :ref:`DMX_QUERYBUF` ioctl will do as well.
 When ``DMX_QBUF`` is called with a pointer to this structure, it locks the
 memory pages of the buffer in physical memory, so they cannot be swapped
 out to disk. Buffers remain locked until dequeued, until the
-the device is closed.
+device is closed.
 
 Applications call the ``DMX_DQBUF`` ioctl to dequeue a filled
 (capturing) buffer from the driver's outgoing queue.