diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/Remote-Serial-Console-HOWTO.sgml b/LDP/howto/docbook/Remote-Serial-Console-HOWTO.sgml
index 6dac96f6..ae184623 100644
--- a/LDP/howto/docbook/Remote-Serial-Console-HOWTO.sgml
+++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/Remote-Serial-Console-HOWTO.sgml
@@ -2576,7 +2576,7 @@ port ttyS0
 
    <para><productname>mingetty</productname> is designed to be a
    minimal <application>getty</application> for the virtual terminals
-   on the the workstation's monitor and keyboard.  It has no support
+   on the workstation's monitor and keyboard.  It has no support
    for serial lines.</para>
 
    <para>You must not use <application>mingetty</application> for the
@@ -7112,7 +7112,7 @@ line vty 0 4
    <para>There is a <ulink
    url="http://www.mcvax.org/~koen/uClinux-cisco2500/">port</ulink> of
    Linux to the <productname>Cisco 2500</productname> series of
-   routers.  At the time of writing it did did not support the
+   routers.  At the time of writing it did not support the
    asycnhronous ports on the <productname>Cisco 2511</productname>.
    The attractiveness of running <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem>
    instead of running Cisco's <productname