diff --git a/etc/openstack_deploy/openstack_user_config.yml.example b/etc/openstack_deploy/openstack_user_config.yml.example
index d51bea9005..1e15398884 100644
--- a/etc/openstack_deploy/openstack_user_config.yml.example
+++ b/etc/openstack_deploy/openstack_user_config.yml.example
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
 #       This interface is optional but highly recommended for vlan based
 #       OpenStack networking.
 #       If no additional network interface is available, a deployer can create
-#       a veth pair, and plug it into the the br-vlan bridge to provide
+#       a veth pair, and plug it into the br-vlan bridge to provide
 #       this interface. An example could be found in the aio_interfaces.cfg
 #       file.
 #
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
 #     ip: 172.29.236.103
 #
 # List of target hosts on which to deploy shared infrastructure services
-# and define the the container_tech for a specific infra node. If this setting
+# and define the container_tech for a specific infra node. If this setting
 # is omitted the inventory generation system will default to "lxc". Accpetable
 # options are "lxc" and "nspawn".
 #
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-ceilometer-api-2bada67ecc58e18b.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-ceilometer-api-2bada67ecc58e18b.yaml
index e38f23984a..007242701a 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/remove-ceilometer-api-2bada67ecc58e18b.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-ceilometer-api-2bada67ecc58e18b.yaml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ deprecations:
   - |
     The ceilometer API service is now deprecated. OpenStack-Ansible no longer
     deploys this service. To make queries against metrics, alarms, and/or
-    events, please use the the gnocchi, aodh, and panko APIs, respectively.
+    events, please use the gnocchi, aodh, and panko APIs, respectively.