diff --git a/docs/content/manual/manual.yml b/docs/content/manual/manual.yml
index bb98506d94..faf3a22d8b 100644
--- a/docs/content/manual/manual.yml
+++ b/docs/content/manual/manual.yml
@@ -2491,7 +2491,7 @@ sections:
               label $out | ... break $out ...
 
           The `break $label_name` expression will cause the program to
-          to act as though the nearest (to the left) `label $label_name`
+          act as though the nearest (to the left) `label $label_name`
           produced `empty`.
 
           The relationship between the `break` and corresponding `label`
diff --git a/docs/content/manual/v1.5/manual.yml b/docs/content/manual/v1.5/manual.yml
index 14f70532f4..c419ec5020 100644
--- a/docs/content/manual/v1.5/manual.yml
+++ b/docs/content/manual/v1.5/manual.yml
@@ -1958,7 +1958,7 @@ sections:
               label $out | ... break $out ...
 
           The `break $label_name` expression will cause the program to
-          to act as though the nearest (to the left) `label $label_name`
+          act as though the nearest (to the left) `label $label_name`
           produced `empty`.
 
           The relationship between the `break` and corresponding `label`
diff --git a/docs/content/manual/v1.6/manual.yml b/docs/content/manual/v1.6/manual.yml
index 553e7b28f6..1eb5c72fbb 100644
--- a/docs/content/manual/v1.6/manual.yml
+++ b/docs/content/manual/v1.6/manual.yml
@@ -2217,7 +2217,7 @@ sections:
               label $out | ... break $out ...
 
           The `break $label_name` expression will cause the program to
-          to act as though the nearest (to the left) `label $label_name`
+          act as though the nearest (to the left) `label $label_name`
           produced `empty`.
 
           The relationship between the `break` and corresponding `label`
diff --git a/docs/content/manual/v1.7/manual.yml b/docs/content/manual/v1.7/manual.yml
index 11e59e1bfa..75ebe5c33a 100644
--- a/docs/content/manual/v1.7/manual.yml
+++ b/docs/content/manual/v1.7/manual.yml
@@ -2493,7 +2493,7 @@ sections:
               label $out | ... break $out ...
 
           The `break $label_name` expression will cause the program to
-          to act as though the nearest (to the left) `label $label_name`
+          act as though the nearest (to the left) `label $label_name`
           produced `empty`.
 
           The relationship between the `break` and corresponding `label`
diff --git a/jq.1.prebuilt b/jq.1.prebuilt
index 56819d0a4a..98e9fb206b 100644
--- a/jq.1.prebuilt
+++ b/jq.1.prebuilt
@@ -2684,7 +2684,7 @@ label $out | \.\.\. break $out \.\.\.
 .IP "" 0
 .
 .P
-The \fBbreak $label_name\fR expression will cause the program to to act as though the nearest (to the left) \fBlabel $label_name\fR produced \fBempty\fR\.
+The \fBbreak $label_name\fR expression will cause the program to act as though the nearest (to the left) \fBlabel $label_name\fR produced \fBempty\fR\.
 .
 .P
 The relationship between the \fBbreak\fR and corresponding \fBlabel\fR is lexical: the label has to be "visible" from the break\.