diff --git a/content/news/2019-briar-1.2-released-remote-contacts.md b/content/news/2019-briar-1.2-released-remote-contacts.md
index d115634d46a181250e900a926b0e184c9189553f..e2eaedebfcb20937be83db6de5d21f2cbbb64a87 100644
--- a/content/news/2019-briar-1.2-released-remote-contacts.md
+++ b/content/news/2019-briar-1.2-released-remote-contacts.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ silently reading or altering messages.
 Users who are concerned about such attacks
 should continue to use the old method of adding contacts in person for maximum assurance.
 
-The design and and user testing of this new feature
+The design and user testing of this new feature
 was carried out by [Ura Design](https://www.ura.design).
 Work on this feature was supported by the [Open Technology Fund](https://www.opentech.fund/).