diff --git a/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/enabling-ssl.adoc b/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/enabling-ssl.adoc
index cfb2da9b622..607064b5e5f 100644
--- a/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/enabling-ssl.adoc
+++ b/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/enabling-ssl.adoc
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ Note that if the `javax.net.ssl.\*` configurations are not set, they will fallba
 
 === Configure Solr to use Hadoop Credential Store
 
-Solr needs requires three parameters to be configured in order to use the credential store file for keystore passwords.
+Solr requires three parameters to be configured in order to use the credential store file for keystore passwords.
 
 `solr.ssl.credential.provider.chain`::
 The credential provider chain. This should be set to `hadoop`.