Index: docs/howto/static-files.txt
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--- docs/howto/static-files.txt	(revision 11477)
+++ docs/howto/static-files.txt	(working copy)
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
     listings. The template that was loaded had to be called
     ``static/directory_listing`` (with no ``.html`` extension). For backwards
     compatibility with earlier versions, Django will still load templates with
-    the older (no extension) name, but it will prefer a the
+    the older (no extension) name, but it will prefer the
     ``directory_index.html`` version.
 
 Limiting use to DEBUG=True