diff --git a/doc/chrony.conf.adoc b/doc/chrony.conf.adoc
index d5f64dc..f081dbd 100644
--- a/doc/chrony.conf.adoc
+++ b/doc/chrony.conf.adoc
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ kernel, i.e. <<leapsecmode,*leapsecmode*>> is set to *system*.
 The specified timezone is not used as an exclusive source of information about
 leap seconds. If a majority of time sources announce on the last day of June or
 December that a leap second should be inserted or deleted, it will be accepted
-it even if it is not included in the timezone.
+even if it is not included in the timezone.
 +
 An example of the directive is:
 +