diff --git a/docs/expressions/parsing.md b/docs/expressions/parsing.md
index 50fe6c73a5..df7c1149e5 100644
--- a/docs/expressions/parsing.md
+++ b/docs/expressions/parsing.md
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ math.parse([expr1, expr2, expr3, ...])
 ```
 
 Function `parse` accepts a single expression or an array with
-expressions as the argument. Function `parse` returns a the root node of the tree,
+expressions as the argument. Function `parse` returns the root node of the tree,
 which can be successively compiled and evaluated:
 
 ```js