diff --git a/doc/workflow/merge_requests.md b/doc/workflow/merge_requests.md
index 91fcfb02d39..334a119e522 100644
--- a/doc/workflow/merge_requests.md
+++ b/doc/workflow/merge_requests.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ It should look like this:
   fetch = +refs/merge-requests/*/head:refs/remotes/origin/merge-requests/*
 ```
 
-Now you can fetch all the merge requests requests:
+Now you can fetch all the merge requests:
 
 ```
 $ git fetch origin