diff --git a/src/counters.c b/src/counters.c
index 01ac449558..0a6ace4bbb 100644
--- a/src/counters.c
+++ b/src/counters.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ int StatsSetupPrivate(ThreadVars *tv)
  * \brief the private stats store with the public stats store
  *
  * \param pca      Pointer to the StatsPrivateThreadContext
- * \param pctx     Pointer the the tv's StatsPublicThreadContext
+ * \param pctx     Pointer the tv's StatsPublicThreadContext
  *
  * \retval  1 on success
  * \retval -1 on error