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@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Within your controllers or views, you can use
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 this will return the URL to the gravatar image of the specified email address.
-In case of a non-existing gravatar, it will return return a URL to a placeholder image. 
+In case of a non-existing gravatar, it will return a URL to a placeholder image. 
 You can set the type of the placeholder in the configuration option `fallback`. 
 For more information, visit [gravatar.com](http://en.gravatar.com/site/implement/images/#default-image)