diff --git a/content/guides/getstarted/full-stack-solana-development.md b/content/guides/getstarted/full-stack-solana-development.md
index d8346a050..01b6659ca 100644
--- a/content/guides/getstarted/full-stack-solana-development.md
+++ b/content/guides/getstarted/full-stack-solana-development.md
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ pub struct Counter {
 
 Make sure you go over the comments!
 
-The `initialize` instruction instruction does only one this: it creates a new
+The `initialize` instruction does only one thing: it creates a new
 account of the `Counter` type. To do this, we need to know who's paying, details
 of the account we're creating like the space and the address, and which program
 to use to create the account.