diff --git a/subcmds/gitc_init.py b/subcmds/gitc_init.py
index 71c50515..c243bb3b 100644
--- a/subcmds/gitc_init.py
+++ b/subcmds/gitc_init.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ with the GITC file system.
 
 This command will setup the client directory, initialize repo, just
 like repo init does, and then downloads the manifest collection
-and installs in in the .repo/directory of the GITC client.
+and installs it in the .repo/directory of the GITC client.
 
 Once this is done, a GITC manifest is generated by pulling the HEAD
 SHA for each project and generates the properly formatted XML file