diff --git a/docs/template_usage.md b/docs/template_usage.md
index 8505763..c0ca57e 100644
--- a/docs/template_usage.md
+++ b/docs/template_usage.md
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ You can find a long list of checks that this template disables by default sittin
 ```toml
 ignore = [
     # ...
-    # __magic__ methods are are often self-explanatory, allow missing docstrings
+    # __magic__ methods are often self-explanatory, allow missing docstrings
     "D105",
     # ...
 ]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8c47718..25bce4f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ ignore = [
     "D107",
     # Errors from function calls in argument defaults. These are fine when the result is immutable.
     "B008",
-    # __magic__ methods are are often self-explanatory, allow missing docstrings
+    # __magic__ methods are often self-explanatory, allow missing docstrings
     "D105",
     # first line should end with a period [Bug: doesn't work with single-line docstrings]
     "D400",