diff --git a/hack/verify-shellcheck.sh b/hack/verify-shellcheck.sh
index 466af36e5c..99df63ab60 100755
--- a/hack/verify-shellcheck.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-shellcheck.sh
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ fi
 # common arguments we'll pass to shellcheck
 SHELLCHECK_OPTIONS=(
   # allow following sourced files that are not specified in the command,
-  # we need this because we specify one file at at time in order to trivially
+  # we need this because we specify one file at a time in order to trivially
   # detect which files are failing
   "--external-sources"
   # include our disabled lints