diff --git a/docs/userguide/networking/get-started-overlay.md b/docs/userguide/networking/get-started-overlay.md
index 28ae074dba..f924eac7a7 100644
--- a/docs/userguide/networking/get-started-overlay.md
+++ b/docs/userguide/networking/get-started-overlay.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ $ docker network create \
 
 # Create an nginx service and extend the my-multi-host-network to nodes where
 # the service's tasks run.
-$ $ docker service create --replicas 2 --network my-multi-host-network --name my-web nginx
+$ docker service create --replicas 2 --network my-multi-host-network --name my-web nginx
 
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 ```
diff --git a/docs/userguide/networking/index.md b/docs/userguide/networking/index.md
index 0c8c85256e..5a63d203b0 100644
--- a/docs/userguide/networking/index.md
+++ b/docs/userguide/networking/index.md
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ $ docker network create \
 
 # Create an nginx service and extend the my-multi-host-network to nodes where
 # the service's tasks run.
-$ $ docker service create --replicas 2 --network my-multi-host-network --name my-web nginx
+$ docker service create --replicas 2 --network my-multi-host-network --name my-web nginx
 
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 ```