diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/context/request/AsyncWebRequestInterceptor.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/context/request/AsyncWebRequestInterceptor.java
index 1b26cd8094..6805d971c8 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/context/request/AsyncWebRequestInterceptor.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/context/request/AsyncWebRequestInterceptor.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public interface AsyncWebRequestInterceptor extends WebRequestInterceptor{
 
 	/**
 	 * Called instead of {@code postHandle} and {@code afterCompletion}, when the
-	 * the handler started handling the request concurrently.
+	 * handler started handling the request concurrently.
 	 *
 	 * @param request the current request
 	 */