diff --git a/docs/topics/auth/default.txt b/docs/topics/auth/default.txt
index c4736135b0c..681ea02961c 100644
--- a/docs/topics/auth/default.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/auth/default.txt
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ authentication system. They typically represent the people interacting with
 your site and are used to enable things like restricting access, registering
 user profiles, associating content with creators etc. Only one class of user
 exists in Django's authentication framework, i.e., 'superusers' or admin
-'staff' users are is just a user objects with special attributes set, not
-different classes of user objects.
+'staff' users are just user objects with special attributes set, not different
+classes of user objects.
 
 The primary attributes of the default user are: