diff --git a/txscript/opcode.go b/txscript/opcode.go
index 4918b991c5..5b60eff59d 100644
--- a/txscript/opcode.go
+++ b/txscript/opcode.go
@@ -1983,7 +1983,7 @@ func opcodeCheckSig(op *opcode, data []byte, vm *Engine) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// The signature actually needs needs to be longer than this, but at
+	// The signature actually needs to be longer than this, but at
 	// least 1 byte is needed for the hash type below.  The full length is
 	// checked depending on the script flags and upon parsing the signature.
 	//