diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/SCSI-Generic-HOWTO/SCSI-Generic-HOWTO.sgml b/LDP/howto/docbook/SCSI-Generic-HOWTO/SCSI-Generic-HOWTO.sgml
index 133f0954..d319f42b 100644
--- a/LDP/howto/docbook/SCSI-Generic-HOWTO/SCSI-Generic-HOWTO.sgml
+++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/SCSI-Generic-HOWTO/SCSI-Generic-HOWTO.sgml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
   <para>
     This HOWTO describes the SCSI Generic driver (sg) found in the Linux
     2.4 production series of kernels.
-    It focuses on the the interface and characteristics of the driver
+    It focuses on the interface and characteristics of the driver
     that application writers may need to know. The driver's theory of
     operations is covered and some brief examples are included.
   </para>
@@ -1391,7 +1391,7 @@ to the next page size multiple.
 </para>
 <para>
 Mmap-ed IO is requested by setting (or or-ing in) the SG_FLAG_MMAP_IO
-constant into the flag member of the the sg_io_hdr structure prior to
+constant into the flag member of the sg_io_hdr structure prior to
 a call to write() or ioctl(SG_IO). The logic to do mmap-ed IO _assumes_
 that an appropriate mmap() call has been made by the application. In
 other words it does not check.