diff --git a/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/Encrypt.java b/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/Encrypt.java
index 9aff7663156..c0ddea46cd2 100644
--- a/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/Encrypt.java
+++ b/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/Encrypt.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 import picocli.CommandLine.Option;
 
 /**
- * This will read a document from the filesystem, encrypt it and and then write
+ * This will read a document from the filesystem, encrypt it and then write
  * the results to the filesystem.
  *
  * @author  Ben Litchfield