diff --git a/src/strings/strings.go b/src/strings/strings.go
index d2cda74f687..91c6ddef669 100644
--- a/src/strings/strings.go
+++ b/src/strings/strings.go
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ var asciiSpace = [256]uint8{'\t': 1, '\n': 1, '\v': 1, '\f': 1, '\r': 1, ' ': 1}
 // Fields splits the string s around each instance of one or more consecutive white space
 // characters, as defined by [unicode.IsSpace], returning a slice of substrings of s or an
 // empty slice if s contains only white space. Every element of the returned slice is
-// non-empty. Unlike [Split], leading and trailing runs runs of white space characters
+// non-empty. Unlike [Split], leading and trailing runs of white space characters
 // are discarded.
 func Fields(s string) []string {
 	// First count the fields.