diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/utils.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/utils.py
index 59312fcf..4e0c097e 100644
--- a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/utils.py
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/utils.py
@@ -1227,7 +1227,7 @@ def remote_restart(rel_name, remote_service=None):
 
 
 def check_actually_paused(services=None, ports=None):
-    """Check that services listed in the services object and and ports
+    """Check that services listed in the services object and ports
     are actually closed (not listened to), to verify that the unit is
     properly paused.