diff --git a/docs/commands.md b/docs/commands.md
index bb4f15e293b..2488194679f 100644
--- a/docs/commands.md
+++ b/docs/commands.md
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ Redo the last undone action.
 
 ### Repeat
 
-Repeats the last command. Repeats the last command.
+Repeats the last command.
 
 Navigation and non-undoable commands are ignored, so Repeat always repeats the last command that changed the thoughtspace.
 
diff --git a/src/commands/repeat.ts b/src/commands/repeat.ts
index 17cdb272aa3..3885b95a879 100644
--- a/src/commands/repeat.ts
+++ b/src/commands/repeat.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { noop } from '../constants'
 const repeatCommand = {
   id: 'repeat',
   label: 'Repeat' as const,
-  description: 'Repeats the last command. Repeats the last command.',
+  description: 'Repeats the last command.',
   keyboard: { key: '.', meta: true },
   // Repeat has no multicursor behavior of its own. It is resolved to the last command before multicursor handling, so the repeated command's own multicursor behavior is applied.
   multicursor: false,
diff --git a/src/components/__tests__/DesktopCommandUniverse.ts b/src/components/__tests__/DesktopCommandUniverse.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..759a6600011
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/__tests__/DesktopCommandUniverse.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { screen } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { desktopCommandUniverseActionCreator as desktopCommandUniverse } from '../../actions/desktopCommandUniverse'
+import createTestApp, { cleanupTestApp } from '../../test-helpers/createTestApp'
+import dispatch from '../../test-helpers/dispatch'
+
+beforeEach(createTestApp)
+afterEach(cleanupTestApp)
+
+// https://github.com/cybersemics/em/issues/6080
+it('shows the Repeat description once', async () => {
+  await dispatch(desktopCommandUniverse())
+
+  const description = screen.getByText(/^Repeats the last command\./)
+  expect(description).toHaveTextContent(/^Repeats the last command\.$/)
+})