diff --git a/docs/topics/db/search.txt b/docs/topics/db/search.txt
index c7e855d4d7..b633fec1bf 100644
--- a/docs/topics/db/search.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/db/search.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Standard textual queries
 ------------------------
 
 Text-based fields have a selection of simple matching operations. For example,
-you may wish to allow lookup up an author like so::
+you may wish to allow lookup of an author like so::
 
     >>> Author.objects.filter(name__contains='Terry')
     [<Author: Terry Gilliam>, <Author: Terry Jones>]