diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.sgml
index d4d384f656..b5b7987d9d 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.sgml
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Default: F2</screen>
 	edit the <filename>/etc/lilo.conf</filename> file for FreeBSD, or
 	select <option>Leave The Master Boot Record Untouched</option>
 	during the FreeBSD installation process.  If you have installed the
-	the FreeBSD boot manager, you can boot back into Linux and modify the
+	FreeBSD boot manager, you can boot back into Linux and modify the
 	<application>LILO</application> configuration file
 	<filename>/etc/lilo.conf</filename> and add the following
 	option:</para>
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml
index 8c79227954..09a5c0eb82 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml
@@ -3908,7 +3908,7 @@ group indicator, etc.)? n</screen>
 
       <screen>Now we want to set the specifications of the monitor. The two critical
 parameters are the vertical refresh rate, which is the rate at which the
-the whole screen is refreshed, and most importantly the horizontal sync rate,
+whole screen is refreshed, and most importantly the horizontal sync rate,
 which is the rate at which scanlines are displayed.
 
 The valid range for horizontal sync and vertical sync should be documented
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/introduction/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/introduction/chapter.sgml
index ab154752b1..c6aedc0bf6 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/introduction/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/introduction/chapter.sgml
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@
       <para>The development of FreeBSD is a very open and flexible
 	process, FreeBSD being literally built from the contributions
 	of hundreds of people around the world, as can be seen from
-	our our <ulink
+	our <ulink
 	url="../../articles/contributors/article.html">list of
 	contributors</ulink>.  We are constantly on the lookout for
 	new developers and ideas, and those interested in becoming
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml
index 6734b5e1b4..b742f4ff70 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ OK
                 mainly the case if you are connected to some
                 <application>PPP</application> capable terminal servers,
                 where <application>PPP</application> hangs when it tries
-                to write data to your communication link, so it would
+                to write data to your communication link, so it
                 would be waiting for a <acronym>CTS</acronym>, or Clear
                 To Send signal which may never come.  If you use this
                 option however, you should also use the <option>set accmap</option>
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ OK
                 information.</para>
 
               <para>If you never obtain a login prompt, then most likely you
-                you need to use <acronym>PAP</acronym> or <acronym>CHAP</acronym>
+                need to use <acronym>PAP</acronym> or <acronym>CHAP</acronym>
                 authentication instead of the Unix-style in the example above.  To
                 use <acronym>PAP</acronym> or <acronym>CHAP</acronym> just add the
                 following options to <application>PPP</application> before going
@@ -2142,7 +2142,7 @@ ppp_profile="name_of_service_provider"</programlisting>
         <filename><replaceable>PREFIX</replaceable>/etc/mpd/</filename>.  Note
         here that <emphasis>PREFIX</emphasis> means the directory into which
         your ports are installed, this defaults to
-        <filename>/usr/local/</filename>. A complete guide to to configuring
+        <filename>/usr/local/</filename>. A complete guide to configuring
         <application>mpd</application> is available in HTML format once the
         port has been installed. It is placed in
         <filename><replaceable>PREFIX</replaceable>/share/mpd/</filename>.
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.sgml
index fa8e6c6a75..9190102ac1 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.sgml
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@
       which we will discuss below. The <command>key</command> and
       <command>opiekey</command> programs accept an iteration
       count, a seed, and a secret password, and generate a one-time
-      password or or a consecutive list of one-time passwords. The
+      password or a consecutive list of one-time passwords. The
       <command>keyinit</command> and <command>opiepasswd</command>
       programs are used to initialize S/Key and OPIE respectively,
       and to change passwords, iteration counts, or seeds; they
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml
index c641c272ef..b2364b4970 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ match any family == "LuciduxMono"       edit family =+ "Lucidux Mono";</programl
        <programlisting>match edit rgba=rgb;</programlisting>
       
        <para>(depending on the sort of display, the last word may need to
-        be changed from from ``rgb'' to ``bgr'', ``vrgb''
+        be changed from ``rgb'' to ``bgr'', ``vrgb''
         or ``vbgr'': experiment and see which works best.)</para>