diff --git a/44.md b/44.md
index a6d1325b..8ba966c8 100644
--- a/44.md
+++ b/44.md
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ NIP-44 version 2 has the following design characteristics:
    - Padding algorithm is related to powers-of-two, with min padded msg size of 32 bytes
    - Plaintext length is encoded in big-endian:
      - if smaller than 65536, as a u16 in the first 2 bytes of the padded blob;
-     - if greater than 65536, the first the first 6 bytes of the padded blob, the first 2 being zero and the other 4 being the actual encoded length as u32
+     - if greater than 65536, the first 6 bytes of the padded blob, the first 2 being zero and the other 4 being the actual encoded length as u32
 5. Encrypt padded content
    - Use ChaCha20, with key and nonce from step 3
 6. Calculate MAC (message authentication code)