diff --git a/libraries/chain/include/eosio/chain/resource_limits_private.hpp b/libraries/chain/include/eosio/chain/resource_limits_private.hpp
index 4b6de5a17c3f92bbc8d7a625a2e35e2ffad3b15f..905eb7ca65f1d669f5eb3df6e393811aad3382e4 100644
--- a/libraries/chain/include/eosio/chain/resource_limits_private.hpp
+++ b/libraries/chain/include/eosio/chain/resource_limits_private.hpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace eosio { namespace chain { namespace resource_limits {
 
          uint32_t   last_ordinal;  ///< The ordinal of the last period which has contributed to the average
          uint64_t   value_ex;      ///< The current average pre-multiplied by Precision
-         uint64_t   consumed;       ///< The the last periods average + the current periods contribution so far
+         uint64_t   consumed;       ///< The last periods average + the current periods contribution so far
 
          /**
           * return the average value