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@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ We recognize that this is suboptimal, but it is currently required due to the wa
 
 You can find the source HTML file in the `public` folder of the generated project. You may edit the `<title>` tag in it to change the title from “React App” to anything else.
 
-Note that normally you wouldn't edit files in the `public` folder very often. For example, [adding a stylesheet](#adding-a-stylesheet) is is done without touching the HTML.
+Note that normally you wouldn't edit files in the `public` folder very often. For example, [adding a stylesheet](#adding-a-stylesheet) is done without touching the HTML.
 
 If you need to dynamically update the page title based on the content, you can use the browser [`document.title`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/title) API. For more complex scenarios when you want to change the title from React components, you can use [React Helmet](https://github.com/nfl/react-helmet), a third party library.