diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
index cb4b275dc2..0c53a59425 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
@@ -2989,7 +2989,7 @@ quit</programlisting>
 
 	<answer>
 	  <para>Normally, &os; determines a number of kernel parameters,
-	    such as as the maximum number of files that can be open
+	    such as the maximum number of files that can be open
 	    concurrently, from the amount of memory installed in the
 	    system.  On systems with one gigabyte of RAM or more, this
 	    <quote>auto sizing</quote> mechanism may choose values that
@@ -6732,7 +6732,7 @@ ttyvb   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  off secure</programlisting>
 	    &man.xdm.1;.  One school starts <command>xdm</command> from
 	    <filename>/etc/ttys</filename> (see &man.ttys.5;) using the
 	    supplied example, while the other simply runs
-	    <command>xdm</command> from from
+	    <command>xdm</command> from
 	    <filename>rc.local</filename> (see &man.rc.8;) or from an
 	    <filename>X</filename> script in
 	    <filename class="directory">/usr/local/etc/rc.d</filename>.  Both are equally
@@ -10371,7 +10371,7 @@ panic: page fault</programlisting>
       Repeatedly.</para>
 
     <para>We wish to thank every one of the people responsible, and we
-      encourage you to to <ulink
+      encourage you to <ulink
 	url="&url.articles.contributing;/article.html">join them</ulink>
       in making this FAQ even better.</para>
   </chapter>