diff --git a/pep-0008.txt b/pep-0008.txt
index 94b8a410d..7a5118e6f 100644
--- a/pep-0008.txt
+++ b/pep-0008.txt
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ Naming Conventions
       only.)  The conventions are about the same as those for functions.
 
       Modules that are designed for use via "from M import *" should use the
-      __all__ mechanism to prevent exporting globals, or use the the older
+      __all__ mechanism to prevent exporting globals, or use the older
       convention of prefixing such globals with an underscore (which you might
       want to do to indicate these globals are "module non-public").
 
diff --git a/pep-0237.txt b/pep-0237.txt
index 36edf6da5..87e16aea4 100644
--- a/pep-0237.txt
+++ b/pep-0237.txt
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ OverflowWarning
         import warnings
         warnings.filterwarnings("default", "", OverflowWarning)
 
-      See the python man page for the -W option and the the warnings
+      See the python man page for the -W option and the warnings
       module documentation for filterwarnings().
 
     - If the OverflowWarning warning is turned into an error,
diff --git a/pep-0242.txt b/pep-0242.txt
index 13f73c01c..469411cb3 100644
--- a/pep-0242.txt
+++ b/pep-0242.txt
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Supported Kinds of Ints and Floats
     long, and must support at least one kind of floating point number,
     equivalent to the present float.
     
-    The range and precision of the these required kinds are processor
+    The range and precision of these required kinds are processor
     dependent, as at present, except for the "long integer" kind,
     which can hold an arbitrary integer.
 
diff --git a/pep-0359.txt b/pep-0359.txt
index 557193ef4..6047e80aa 100644
--- a/pep-0359.txt
+++ b/pep-0359.txt
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ looks something like::
     hi_there.pack(side=Tkinter.LEFT)
     root.mainloop()
     
-could be rewritten to group the the Button's function with its
+could be rewritten to group the Button's function with its
 declaration::
 
     root = Tkinter.Tk()
diff --git a/pep-3118.txt b/pep-3118.txt
index 4f710e69e..deaefc700 100644
--- a/pep-3118.txt
+++ b/pep-3118.txt
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ writing an algorithm that only handle contiguous memory could do the following:
     /* Optional: 
     
        if, after processing, we want to copy data from buffer back
-       into the the object  
+       into the object  
  
        we could do
        */