diff --git a/system/ulib/ldmsg/include/ldmsg/ldmsg.h b/system/ulib/ldmsg/include/ldmsg/ldmsg.h
index 6e1fe22..4e22cb6 100644
--- a/system/ulib/ldmsg/include/ldmsg/ldmsg.h
+++ b/system/ulib/ldmsg/include/ldmsg/ldmsg.h
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 
 // The appropriate size message to send for the given |rsp|.
 //
-// The size of the message depends on the the ordinal in the message's
+// The size of the message depends on the ordinal in the message's
 // header. If the ordinal is invalid, this function will return 0.
 size_t ldmsg_rsp_get_size(ldmsg_rsp_t* rsp);