diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
index e4eb731bf9..00b5fc8c7e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ does not inject other beans from the context. Having said that, The
 `@EnableConfigurationProperties` annotation is _also_ automatically applied to your project
 so that any _existing_ bean annotated with `@ConfigurationProperties` will be configured
 from the `Environment`. You could shortcut `MyConfiguration` above by making sure
-`FooProperties` is a already a bean:
+`FooProperties` is already a bean:
 
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