diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e3e9f3430..3b4cff01f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ Other important configuration options include:
 - The crashpad backend on Windows has support for fast-fail crashes which by-pass SEH. This is made
   possible by registering a WER module that notifies the `crashpad_handler` of such a crash and allows it to send a minidump to sentry. But since SEH is by-passed, the application local exception handler
   is no longer invoked, which also means that for these kinds of crashes `before_send` and `on_crash`
-  will not be invoked before sending a the minidump.
+  will not be invoked before sending the minidump.
 
 ## Development