diff --git a/tokio/src/time/interval.rs b/tokio/src/time/interval.rs
index 0fe420fce8c..82c21709459 100644
--- a/tokio/src/time/interval.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/time/interval.rs
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ pub enum MissedTickBehavior {
     /// // 50ms after the call to `tick` up above. That is, in `tick`, when we
     /// // recognize that we missed a tick, we schedule the next tick to happen
     /// // 50ms (or whatever the `period` is) from right then, not from when
-    /// // were were *supposed* to tick
+    /// // were *supposed* to tick
     /// interval.tick().await;
     /// # }
     /// ```