diff --git a/source/tutorial/getting-started.txt b/source/tutorial/getting-started.txt
index bdce67050af..80c3f3f53dd 100644
--- a/source/tutorial/getting-started.txt
+++ b/source/tutorial/getting-started.txt
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ Insert Individual Documents
 
       db.things.find()
 
-   This operation returns the returns the following results. The :doc:`ObjectId
+   This operation returns the following results. The :doc:`ObjectId
    </core/object-id>` values will be unique:
 
    .. code-block:: javascript