diff --git a/docs/ref/databases.txt b/docs/ref/databases.txt
index ca82f4273f..920910ad6f 100644
--- a/docs/ref/databases.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/databases.txt
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ If you're getting this error, you can solve it by:
   transactions are short-lived.
 
 * Increase the default timeout value by setting the ``timeout`` database
-  option option::
+  option::
 
       'OPTIONS': {
           # ...