diff --git a/R/geom-map.R b/R/geom-map.R
index 7f4b860378..0632ba36ee 100644
--- a/R/geom-map.R
+++ b/R/geom-map.R
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ NULL
 #' # how `geom_map()` works. It requires two data frames:
 #' # One contains the coordinates of each polygon (`positions`), and is
 #' # provided via the `map` argument. The other contains the
-#' # other the values associated with each polygon (`values`).  An id
+#' # values associated with each polygon (`values`).  An id
 #' # variable links the two together.
 #'
 #' ids <- factor(c("1.1", "2.1", "1.2", "2.2", "1.3", "2.3"))
diff --git a/man/geom_map.Rd b/man/geom_map.Rd
index 58e83adad4..55c06b5b26 100644
--- a/man/geom_map.Rd
+++ b/man/geom_map.Rd
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Learn more about setting these aesthetics in \code{vignette("ggplot2-specs")}.
 # how `geom_map()` works. It requires two data frames:
 # One contains the coordinates of each polygon (`positions`), and is
 # provided via the `map` argument. The other contains the
-# other the values associated with each polygon (`values`).  An id
+# values associated with each polygon (`values`).  An id
 # variable links the two together.
 
 ids <- factor(c("1.1", "2.1", "1.2", "2.2", "1.3", "2.3"))