diff --git a/clojure.html.markdown b/clojure.html.markdown
index 7917ab08..a125d18f 100644
--- a/clojure.html.markdown
+++ b/clojure.html.markdown
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ and often automatically.
 ; Clojure is written in "forms", which are just
 ; lists of things inside parentheses, separated by whitespace.
 ;
-; The clojure reader  assumes that the first thing is a
+; The clojure reader assumes that the first thing is a
 ; function or macro to call, and the rest are arguments.
 
 ; The first call in a file should be ns, to set the namespace