diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/tabs.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/tabs.dart
index ec1360df87..05f39c3dae 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/tabs.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/tabs.dart
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ class TabBar extends StatefulWidget implements PreferredSizeWidget {
 
   /// A size whose height depends on if the tabs have both icons and text.
   ///
-  /// [AppBar] uses this this size to compute its own preferred size.
+  /// [AppBar] uses this size to compute its own preferred size.
   @override
   Size get preferredSize {
     for (Widget item in tabs) {