diff --git a/src/shared/util.c b/src/shared/util.c
index 23468b7af6..7175e808b3 100644
--- a/src/shared/util.c
+++ b/src/shared/util.c
@@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@ char *cescape(const char *s) {
 
         assert(s);
 
-        /* Does C style string escaping. May be be reversed with
+        /* Does C style string escaping. May be reversed with
          * cunescape(). */
 
         r = new(char, strlen(s)*4 + 1);