diff --git a/lib/validation_error.js b/lib/validation_error.js
index 08f4fa9..745ff08 100644
--- a/lib/validation_error.js
+++ b/lib/validation_error.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * A Error class that will be thrown when a CloudEvent
- * cannot be properly validated against a the specification.
+ * cannot be properly validated against a specification.
  */
 class ValidationError extends TypeError {
   /**