diff --git a/man2/prctl.2 b/man2/prctl.2
index 0404f64a3..636381caa 100644
--- a/man2/prctl.2
+++ b/man2/prctl.2
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ with prototype
 and options to get the maximum number of processes per user,
 get the maximum number of processors the calling process can use,
 find out whether a specified process is currently blocked,
-get or set the maximum stack size, etc., etc.
+get or set the maximum stack size, etc.
 .SH AVAILABILITY
 The prctl() system call was introduced in Linux 2.1.57.
 There is no prctl() library call as yet.
diff --git a/man3/dl_iterate_phdr.3 b/man3/dl_iterate_phdr.3
index 8e992967b..30eb1a165 100644
--- a/man3/dl_iterate_phdr.3
+++ b/man3/dl_iterate_phdr.3
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ These program headers are structures of the following form:
 
 Note that we can calculate the location of a particular program header,
 .IR x ,
-in virtual memory memory using the formula:
+in virtual memory using the formula:
 
 .nf
   addr == info->dlpi_addr + info->dlpi_phdr[x].p_vaddr;
diff --git a/man3/mpool.3 b/man3/mpool.3
index c081872a6..10ef507a6 100644
--- a/man3/mpool.3
+++ b/man3/mpool.3
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ If the
 .I pgout
 function is specified, it is called each time a buffer is written into the
 backing file.
-Both functions are are called with the
+Both functions are called with the
 .I pgcookie
 pointer, the page number and a pointer to the page to being read or written.
 .PP
diff --git a/man4/initrd.4 b/man4/initrd.4
index e1627111b..e3aa0e73e 100644
--- a/man4/initrd.4
+++ b/man4/initrd.4
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ In such cases, it may be desirable to use only a small set of kernels
 information as small as possible. 
 In this case, create a common file 
 with all needed modules. 
-Then, only the the 
+Then, only the 
 .B /linuxrc
 file or a file executed by
 .B /linuxrc