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@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ app.listen(3000);
 
   The following example responds with "Hello World", however first the request flows through
   the `x-response-time` and `logging` middleware to mark when the request started, then continue
-  to yield control through the to the response middleware. When a middleware invokes `yield next`
+  to yield control through the response middleware. When a middleware invokes `yield next`
   the function suspends and passes control to the next middleware defined. After there are no more
   middleware to execute downstream, the stack will unwind and each middleware is resumed to perform
   its upstream behaviour.