diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b7faad5e..c45a72c6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ You can install GeoViews and its dependencies using conda:
 conda install -c pyviz geoviews
 ```
 
-Alternatively you can also install the geoviews-core package, which
+Alternatively you can install the geoviews-core package, which
 only installs the minimal dependencies required to run geoviews:
 
 ```
diff --git a/doc/index.rst b/doc/index.rst
index 238e52e0..84103df5 100644
--- a/doc/index.rst
+++ b/doc/index.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ You can install GeoViews and its dependencies using conda::
     conda install -c pyviz geoviews
 
 
-Alternatively you can also install the geoviews-core package, which
+Alternatively you can install the geoviews-core package, which
 only installs the minimal dependencies required to run geoviews::
 
     conda install -c pyviz geoviews-core