diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml
index 648c6e2967c..cb8e4f5c48a 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ psql --username=postgres --file=script.sql postgres
     </para>
 
     <para>
-     Because not all statistics are not transferred by
+     Because not all statistics are transferred by
      <command>pg_upgrade</command>, you will be instructed to run commands to
      regenerate that information at the end of the upgrade.  You might need to
      set connection parameters to match your new cluster.