diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.adoc b/Documentation/git-fast-import.adoc
index 58a2eaa51a..a54fcd7f21 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.adoc
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ External data format::
 +
 Here usually `<dataref>` must be either a mark reference (`:<idnum>`)
 set by a prior `blob` command, or a full 40-byte SHA-1 of an
-existing Git blob object.  If `<mode>` is `040000`` then
+existing Git blob object.  If `<mode>` is `040000` then
 `<dataref>` must be the full 40-byte SHA-1 of an existing
 Git tree object or a mark reference set with `--import-marks`.