diff --git a/acl/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/acls/jdbc/BasicLookupStrategy.java b/acl/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/acls/jdbc/BasicLookupStrategy.java
index 5f8db850e5..885be75d9e 100644
--- a/acl/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/acls/jdbc/BasicLookupStrategy.java
+++ b/acl/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/acls/jdbc/BasicLookupStrategy.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * one in <tt>lookupObjectIdentities</tt>. These are built from the same select and "order
  * by" clause, using a different where clause in each case. In order to use custom schema
  * or column names, each of these SQL clauses can be customized, but they must be
- * consistent with each other and with the expected result set generated by the the
+ * consistent with each other and with the expected result set generated by the
  * default values.
  *
  * @author Ben Alex