diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/Handspring-Visor.sgml b/LDP/howto/docbook/Handspring-Visor.sgml
index 0635df32..730c8dbc 100644
--- a/LDP/howto/docbook/Handspring-Visor.sgml
+++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/Handspring-Visor.sgml
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
         <para>
             To syncronize your Handspring Visor onto your linux computer, you
             need to configure linux to know how to do the low-level communication
-            with your device, and then a a user-space program to do the actual
+            with your device, and then a user-space program to do the actual
             communication with the device.
         </para>
     </sect2>
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ pilot-xfer -p /dev/ttyUSB1 -b  visorbackup
 	    </ListItem>
 	    <ListItem>
 	        <para>
-		   Documentation to figure out type type of controller 
+		   Documentation to figure out the type of controller 
 		   was leached from the kernel documentation, 
 		   Documentation/usb/scanner.txt.
 		</para>