diff --git a/offapi/com/sun/star/configuration/InstallationIncompleteException.idl b/offapi/com/sun/star/configuration/InstallationIncompleteException.idl
index 9e79a641e54b..c8dfc84d5f50 100644
--- a/offapi/com/sun/star/configuration/InstallationIncompleteException.idl
+++ b/offapi/com/sun/star/configuration/InstallationIncompleteException.idl
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 
 /** is thrown when creating a configuration provider fails because
-    the user's installation for the is missing or incomplete
+    the user's installation for is missing or incomplete
  */
 published exception InstallationIncompleteException: com::sun::star::configuration::CannotLoadConfigurationException
 {