diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/metrics/worker.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/metrics/worker.rs
index b53a86bcc87..cefe4d2abc6 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/metrics/worker.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/metrics/worker.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ pub(crate) struct WorkerMetrics {
     /// current-thread scheduler.
     pub(crate) queue_depth: AtomicUsize,
 
-    /// If `Some`, tracks the the number of polls by duration range.
+    /// If `Some`, tracks the number of polls by duration range.
     pub(super) poll_count_histogram: Option<Histogram>,
 }