diff --git a/fsmonitor.c b/fsmonitor.c
index 932bd9012d..ed796e3e03 100644
--- a/fsmonitor.c
+++ b/fsmonitor.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ void refresh_fsmonitor(struct index_state *istate)
 				 * Need to use a char * variable because static
 				 * analysis was suggesting to use strbuf_addbuf
 				 * but we don't want to copy the entire strbuf
-				 * only the the chars up to the first NUL
+				 * only the chars up to the first NUL
 				 */
 				buf = query_result.buf;
 				strbuf_addstr(&last_update_token, buf);
diff --git a/t/t5510-fetch.sh b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
index a66dbe0bde..7456c567cd 100755
--- a/t/t5510-fetch.sh
+++ b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ test_configured_prune true  true  unset unset pruned pruned \
 	"--prune origin refs/tags/*:refs/tags/* +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*"
 
 # --prune-tags on its own does nothing, needs --prune as well, same
-# for for fetch.pruneTags without fetch.prune
+# for fetch.pruneTags without fetch.prune
 test_configured_prune unset unset unset unset kept kept     "--prune-tags"
 test_configured_prune unset unset true unset  kept kept     ""
 test_configured_prune unset unset unset true  kept kept     ""
diff --git a/t/t6046-merge-skip-unneeded-updates.sh b/t/t6046-merge-skip-unneeded-updates.sh
index 1ddc9e6626..5a2d07e516 100755
--- a/t/t6046-merge-skip-unneeded-updates.sh
+++ b/t/t6046-merge-skip-unneeded-updates.sh
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ test_setup_4a () {
 }
 
 # NOTE: For as long as we continue using unpack_trees() without index_only
-#   set to true, it will error out on a case like this claiming the the locally
+#   set to true, it will error out on a case like this claiming that the locally
 #   modified file would be overwritten by the merge.  Getting this testcase
 #   correct requires doing the merge in-memory first, then realizing that no
 #   updates to the file are necessary, and thus that we can just leave the path
diff --git a/t/t8014-blame-ignore-fuzzy.sh b/t/t8014-blame-ignore-fuzzy.sh
index 6e61882b6f..e68e6115a6 100755
--- a/t/t8014-blame-ignore-fuzzy.sh
+++ b/t/t8014-blame-ignore-fuzzy.sh
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ Final
 EOF
 
 # The first line of b matches best with the last line of a, but the overall
-# match is better if we match it with the the first line of a.
+# match is better if we match it with the first line of a.
 title11="Piggy in the middle"
 cat <<EOF >a11
 abcdefg
diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index c560cbe860..20f2075868 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -2035,7 +2035,7 @@ static void wt_porcelain_print(struct wt_status *s)
  *   [# branch.upstream <upstream><eol>
  *   [# branch.ab +<ahead> -<behind><eol>]]
  *
- *      <commit> ::= the current commit hash or the the literal
+ *      <commit> ::= the current commit hash or the literal
  *                   "(initial)" to indicate an initialized repo
  *                   with no commits.
  *