diff --git a/src/reference/el.xml b/src/reference/el.xml
index 2d031cfd..818b96d8 100644
--- a/src/reference/el.xml
+++ b/src/reference/el.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 			<title>Spring EL</title>
 			<para>
 				Starting with version 2.1 Web Flow uses the <ulink url="http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/3.0.x/spring-framework-reference/html/expressions.html">Spring Expression Language</ulink> (Spring EL).
-				Spring EL was created to provide is a single, well-supported expression language for use across all the products in the Spring portfolio.
+				Spring EL was created to provide a single, well-supported expression language for use across all the products in the Spring portfolio.
 				It is distributed as a separate jar <code>org.springframework.expression</code> in the Spring Framework.
 				Existing applications will need to remove dependencies on <code>org.jboss.el</code> or <code>org.ognl</code> and use <code>org.springframework.expression</code> instead.
 				See the section below on EL Portability for other notes on upgrading.
@@ -370,4 +370,4 @@
 			If no such variable is found, an <code>EvaluationException</code> will be thrown.
 		</para>
 	</sect1>
-</chapter>
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+</chapter>