diff --git a/doc/manual/rescale-pdf.sh b/doc/manual/rescale-pdf.sh
index bab470b97..6855aecc7 100755
--- a/doc/manual/rescale-pdf.sh
+++ b/doc/manual/rescale-pdf.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ TMPFILE=`mktemp`
 
 echo "\documentclass{book}
 \usepackage{pdfpages}
-\\\begin{document}
+\\begin{document}
 \includepdf[width=${1},fitpaper]{${2}}
 \end{document}" >${TMPFILE}.tex
 pdflatex -output-directory /tmp ${TMPFILE}.tex >/dev/null 2>/dev/null