diff --git a/doc/api/repl.md b/doc/api/repl.md
index 1be90347ac57e1..56661d86d9fb79 100644
--- a/doc/api/repl.md
+++ b/doc/api/repl.md
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ changes:
   * `output` {Writable} The Writable stream to which REPL output will be
     written. Defaults to `process.stdout`.
   * `terminal` {boolean} If `true`, specifies that the `output` should be
-    treated as a a TTY terminal, and have ANSI/VT100 escape codes written to it.
+    treated as a TTY terminal, and have ANSI/VT100 escape codes written to it.
     Defaults to checking the value of the `isTTY` property on the `output`
     stream upon instantiation.
   * `eval` {Function} The function to be used when evaluating each given line