diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-scheduler-targets-alpha/README.md b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-scheduler-targets-alpha/README.md
index dbc43a90dbb88..08d792e44891b 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-scheduler-targets-alpha/README.md
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-scheduler-targets-alpha/README.md
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ new Schedule(this, 'Schedule', {
 
 Use the `SnsPublish` target to publish messages to an Amazon SNS topic.
 
-The code snippets below create create an event rule with a Amazon SNS topic as a target.
+The code snippets below create an event rule with a Amazon SNS topic as a target.
 It's called every hour by Amazon Event Bridge Scheduler with custom payload.
 
 ```ts