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@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ This container runs a web server that displays a simple website. When working wi
 
 ### Access the frontend
 
-When you launched the container, you exposed one of the container's ports onto your machine. Think of this as creating configuration to let you to connect through the isolated environment of the container. 
+When you launched the container, you exposed one of the container's ports onto your machine. Think of this as creating configuration to let you connect through the isolated environment of the container. 
 
 For this container, the frontend is accessible on port `8080`. To open the website, select the link in the **Port(s)** column of your container or visit [http://localhost:8080](http://localhost:8080) in your browser.