diff --git a/doc/api/esm.md b/doc/api/esm.md
index f4c78176160787..5a180d21f88ae8 100644
--- a/doc/api/esm.md
+++ b/doc/api/esm.md
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ 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