diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/codec/binary/Hex.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/codec/binary/Hex.java
index cebe240..736fa1d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/codec/binary/Hex.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/codec/binary/Hex.java
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Convert the byte buffer to a a byte array. All bytes identified by
+     * Convert the byte buffer to a byte array. All bytes identified by
      * {@link ByteBuffer#remaining()} will be used.
      *
      * @param byteBuffer the byte buffer