diff --git a/docs/ref/databases.txt b/docs/ref/databases.txt
index 5fda5589e1..abc7828fd5 100644
--- a/docs/ref/databases.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/databases.txt
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ If you're getting this error, you can solve it by:
   transactions are short-lived.
 
 * Increase the default timeout value by setting the ``timeout`` database
-  option option::
+  option::
 
       'OPTIONS': {
           # ...