diff --git a/doc/api/esm.md b/doc/api/esm.md
index 9117542825f092..85a7146fc13f46 100644
--- a/doc/api/esm.md
+++ b/doc/api/esm.md
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ compatibility.
 The CommonJS module `require` always treats the files it references as CommonJS.
 
 Using `require` to load an ES module is not supported because ES modules have
-asynchronous execution. Instead, use use [`import()`][] to load an ES module
+asynchronous execution. Instead, use [`import()`][] to load an ES module
 from a CommonJS module.
 
 ### CommonJS Namespaces