diff --git a/design/20220118.server-side-apply.md b/design/20220118.server-side-apply.md
index e78fc494b..f4f238c88 100644
--- a/design/20220118.server-side-apply.md
+++ b/design/20220118.server-side-apply.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ managed fields which are omitted) as they appear in the body. A client's managed
 fields are defined as the fields that are labelled with the client's manager
 name `<my-field-manager>` (or client's user agent equivalent).
 
-Server-Side Apply is is useful for cert-manager for 2 reasons:
+Server-Side Apply is useful for cert-manager for 2 reasons:
 
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