diff --git a/doc/source/ops_runbook/diagnose.rst b/doc/source/ops_runbook/diagnose.rst
index 629cf4881e..9ecb0ffa62 100644
--- a/doc/source/ops_runbook/diagnose.rst
+++ b/doc/source/ops_runbook/diagnose.rst
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ cycle of 15-20 hours can occur if nodes are added to the system and a
 new ring has been deployed.
 
 You can further check if the object replicator is stuck by logging on
-the the object server and checking the object replicator progress with
+the object server and checking the object replicator progress with
 the following command:
 
 .. code::
diff --git a/etc/container-sync-realms.conf-sample b/etc/container-sync-realms.conf-sample
index 29de0eb44d..19ce21c18c 100644
--- a/etc/container-sync-realms.conf-sample
+++ b/etc/container-sync-realms.conf-sample
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 # The endpoint is what the container sync daemon will use when sending out
 # requests to that cluster. Keep in mind this endpoint must be reachable by all
 # container servers, since that is where the container sync daemon runs. Note
-# the the endpoint ends with /v1/ and that the container sync daemon will then
+# that the endpoint ends with /v1/ and that the container sync daemon will then
 # add the account/container/obj name after that.
 #
 # Distribute this container-sync-realms.conf file to all your proxy servers
diff --git a/swift/container/backend.py b/swift/container/backend.py
index a382cc7ed7..977ae7a79f 100644
--- a/swift/container/backend.py
+++ b/swift/container/backend.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def update_new_item_from_existing(new_item, existing):
     their timestamps are newer.
 
     The multiple timestamps are encoded into a single string for storing
-    in the 'created_at' column of the the objects db table.
+    in the 'created_at' column of the objects db table.
 
     :param new_item: A dict of object update attributes
     :param existing: A dict of existing object attributes
diff --git a/swift/obj/reconstructor.py b/swift/obj/reconstructor.py
index e2ad368344..e41c478c0a 100644
--- a/swift/obj/reconstructor.py
+++ b/swift/obj/reconstructor.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def _get_partners(frag_index, part_nodes):
 
 class RebuildingECDiskFileStream(object):
     """
-    This class wraps the the reconstructed fragment archive data and
+    This class wraps the reconstructed fragment archive data and
     metadata in the DiskFile interface for ssync.
     """
 
diff --git a/test/unit/common/ring/test_builder.py b/test/unit/common/ring/test_builder.py
index c8c5023a30..c858c51977 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/ring/test_builder.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/ring/test_builder.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class TestRingBuilder(unittest.TestCase):
     def _partition_counts(self, builder, key='id'):
         """
         Returns a dictionary mapping the given device key to (number of
-        partitions assigned to to that key).
+        partitions assigned to that key).
         """
         counts = defaultdict(int)
         for part2dev_id in builder._replica2part2dev: