diff --git a/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog b/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
index 68bceb7ef13..5cbf88ba51b 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-10-04  Juanma Barranquero  <lekktu@gmail.com>
+
+	* spam-stat.el (spam-stat-strip-xref): Fix typo in docstring.
+
 2009-09-29  Juanma Barranquero  <lekktu@gmail.com>
 
 	* spam-stat.el (spam-stat-load): Fix typo in message.
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/spam-stat.el b/lisp/gnus/spam-stat.el
index 99d69f33bc3..daff2dc9567 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/spam-stat.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/spam-stat.el
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ check the variable `spam-stat-score-data'."
 ;; Testing
 
 (defun spam-stat-strip-xref ()
-  "Strip the the Xref header."
+  "Strip the Xref header."
   (save-restriction
     (mail-narrow-to-head)
     (when (re-search-forward "^Xref:.*\n" nil t)