diff --git a/doc/crypto/BIO_s_accept.pod b/doc/crypto/BIO_s_accept.pod
index 560c1128efe098dd1a448038756009982f9a0e4e..45b73df7707b985343ec907150fad862a8dff761 100644
--- a/doc/crypto/BIO_s_accept.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/BIO_s_accept.pod
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ the accept socket. See L<BIO_s_fd(3)|BIO_s_fd(3)>
 BIO_set_accept_port() uses the string B<name> to set the accept
 port. The port is represented as a string of the form "host:port",
 where "host" is the interface to use and "port" is the port.
-The host can be can be "*" which is interpreted as meaning
+The host can be "*" which is interpreted as meaning
 any interface; "port" has the same syntax
 as the port specified in BIO_set_conn_port() for connect BIOs,
 that is it can be a numerical port string or a string to lookup