diff --git a/example.deploy.properties b/example.deploy.properties
index b4629b1a..38034236 100644
--- a/example.deploy.properties
+++ b/example.deploy.properties
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # editor. Change it to reflect your own domain. For example, Cornell's 
 # namespace is http://vivo.cornell.edu/individual/
 #
-# Note: it is essential  that this namespace end with a trailing slash.
+# Note: it is essential that this namespace end with a trailing slash.
 #
 Vitro.defaultNamespace = http://vivo.mydomain.edu/individual/