diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.3.txt
index 6adf038915..f618d71efd 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.3.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Fixes since v2.7.2
    tests.
 
  * "git show 'HEAD:Foo[BAR]Baz'" did not interpret the argument as a
-   rev, i.e. the object named by the the pathname with wildcard
+   rev, i.e. the object named by the pathname with wildcard
    characters in a tree object.
 
  * "git rev-parse --git-common-dir" used in the worktree feature
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b7d7374dac..42a061d3fb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ all::
 #
 # When DEVELOPER is set, DEVOPTS can be used to control compiler
 # options.  This variable contains keywords separated by
-# whitespace. The following keywords are are recognized:
+# whitespace. The following keywords are recognized:
 #
 #    no-error:
 #
diff --git a/graph.c b/graph.c
index e3fd0ea5f8..5da111f567 100644
--- a/graph.c
+++ b/graph.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ struct git_graph {
 	int merge_layout;
 	/*
 	 * The number of columns added to the graph by the current commit. For
-	 * 2-way and octopus merges, this is is usually one less than the
+	 * 2-way and octopus merges, this is usually one less than the
 	 * number of parents:
 	 *
 	 * 		| | |			| |    \
diff --git a/submodule-config.c b/submodule-config.c
index b93482d834..85064810b2 100644
--- a/submodule-config.c
+++ b/submodule-config.c
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ static void submodule_cache_check_init(struct repository *repo)
 
 /*
  * Note: This function is private for a reason, the '.gitmodules' file should
- * not be used as as a mechanism to retrieve arbitrary configuration stored in
+ * not be used as a mechanism to retrieve arbitrary configuration stored in
  * the repository.
  *
  * Runs the provided config function on the '.gitmodules' file found in the
diff --git a/t/t5314-pack-cycle-detection.sh b/t/t5314-pack-cycle-detection.sh
index e525466de0..0aec8619e2 100755
--- a/t/t5314-pack-cycle-detection.sh
+++ b/t/t5314-pack-cycle-detection.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ immediately after the lookup for "dummy".
 
 
 
-# Create a pack containing the the tree $1 and blob $1:file, with
+# Create a pack containing the tree $1 and blob $1:file, with
 # the latter stored as a delta against $2:file.
 #
 # We convince pack-objects to make the delta in the direction of our choosing