diff --git a/src/_pytest/mark/structures.py b/src/_pytest/mark/structures.py
index f3602b2d5..cda16c7ad 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/mark/structures.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/mark/structures.py
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ class MarkGenerator(object):
                 for line in self._config.getini("markers"):
                     # example lines: "skipif(condition): skip the given test if..."
                     # or "hypothesis: tests which use Hypothesis", so to get the
-                    # marker name we we split on both `:` and `(`.
+                    # marker name we split on both `:` and `(`.
                     marker = line.split(":")[0].split("(")[0].strip()
                     self._markers.add(marker)