diff --git a/man3/des_crypt.3 b/man3/des_crypt.3
index 02f9c5104..10ad396cd 100644
--- a/man3/des_crypt.3
+++ b/man3/des_crypt.3
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ For
 .BR cbc_crypt ,
 the parameter
 .I ivec
-is the the 8-byte initialization
+is the 8-byte initialization
 vector for the chaining.  It is updated to the next initialization
 vector upon return.
 .LP
diff --git a/man3/localeconv.3 b/man3/localeconv.3
index 317826398..db11a414e 100644
--- a/man3/localeconv.3
+++ b/man3/localeconv.3
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Programs may also use the functions
 .B printf()
 and
 .B strfmon()
-that behave according the the actual locale in use.
+that behave according the actual locale in use.
 .SH "CONFORMING TO"
 ANSI C, POSIX.1
 .SH BUGS
diff --git a/man3/putgrent.3 b/man3/putgrent.3
index 6e4832d55..2db91f788 100644
--- a/man3/putgrent.3
+++ b/man3/putgrent.3
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ putgrent \- write a group database entry to a file
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The 
 .B putgrent()
-function is the the counterpart for
+function is the counterpart for
 .BR fgetgrent() .
 The function writes the content of the provided struct group into the
 file pointed to by 
diff --git a/man4/initrd.4 b/man4/initrd.4
index bc1d3b069..e1627111b 100644
--- a/man4/initrd.4
+++ b/man4/initrd.4
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Device
 .B /dev/initrd
 is a RAM disk that is initialized (e.g. loaded) by the boot loader before
 the kernel is started.
-The kernel then can use the the block device
+The kernel then can use the block device
 .BR /dev/initrd "'s " 
 contents for a two phased system boot-up.
 .PP
diff --git a/man7/pthreads.7 b/man7/pthreads.7
index 051620ac6..3e6e96012 100644
--- a/man7/pthreads.7
+++ b/man7/pthreads.7
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ signals may only be sent to specific threads.
 .IP \- 3
 Threads have distinct alternate signal stack settings.
 However, a new thread's alternate signal stack settings
-are copied from the the thread that created it, so that
+are copied from the thread that created it, so that
 the threads initially share an alternate signal stack.
 (A new thread should start with no alternate signal stack defined.
 If two threads handle signals on their shared alternate signal
diff --git a/man7/tcp.7 b/man7/tcp.7
index 5c1edc073..e84839c69 100644
--- a/man7/tcp.7
+++ b/man7/tcp.7
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ option to
 .BR send (2).
 When urgent data is received, the kernel sends a
 .B SIGURG
-signal to the the process or process group that has been set as the 
+signal to the process or process group that has been set as the 
 socket "owner" using the
 .B SIOCSPGRP
 or