diff --git a/memcached/README.md b/memcached/README.md
index f8976beba..a7ec00d4f 100644
--- a/memcached/README.md
+++ b/memcached/README.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ How to set the memory usage for memcached
 $ docker run --name my-memcache -d memcached memcached -m 64
 ```
 
-This would set the memcache server to use use 64 megabytes for storage.
+This would set the memcache server to use 64 megabytes for storage.
 
 For infomation on configuring your memcached server, see the extensive [wiki](https://code.google.com/p/memcached/wiki/NewStart).