diff --git a/man/mu-find.1 b/man/mu-find.1
index 9897d132..4574ab97 100644
--- a/man/mu-find.1
+++ b/man/mu-find.1
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ reason, the below can be an alternative.
 
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 
-\fBmu find\fR returns 0 upon successful completion; if it the a search was
+\fBmu find\fR returns 0 upon successful completion; if the search was
 performed, there needs to be a least one match. Anything else leads to a
 non-zero return value, for example: