diff --git a/Modules/FindDevIL.cmake b/Modules/FindDevIL.cmake
index 22a82b5d4..865d061c5 100644
--- a/Modules/FindDevIL.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindDevIL.cmake
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake)
 
 find_path(IL_INCLUDE_DIR il.h
   PATH_SUFFIXES include IL
-  DOC "The path the the directory that contains il.h"
+  DOC "The path to the directory that contains il.h"
 )
 
 #message("IL_INCLUDE_DIR is ${IL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
diff --git a/Modules/FindSDL.cmake b/Modules/FindSDL.cmake
index ec1f8819b..3905e5487 100644
--- a/Modules/FindSDL.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindSDL.cmake
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# This module responds to the the flag:
+# This module responds to the flag:
 #
 # ::
 #
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #     If this is defined, then no SDL_main will be linked in because
 #     only applications need main().
 #     Otherwise, it is assumed you are building an application and this
-#     module will attempt to locate and set the the proper link flags
+#     module will attempt to locate and set the proper link flags
 #     as part of the returned SDL_LIBRARY variable.
 #
 #
diff --git a/Tests/CTestTest/test.cmake.in b/Tests/CTestTest/test.cmake.in
index 214bff8d7..ab39b88ed 100644
--- a/Tests/CTestTest/test.cmake.in
+++ b/Tests/CTestTest/test.cmake.in
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # this is the cvs module name that should be checked out
 set (CTEST_MODULE_NAME SmallAndFast)
 
-# these are the the name of the source and binary directory on disk.
+# these are the name of the source and binary directory on disk.
 # They will be appended to DASHBOARD_ROOT
 set (CTEST_SOURCE_NAME SmallAndFast)
 set (CTEST_BINARY_NAME SmallAndFastBuild)
diff --git a/Utilities/cmlibarchive/libarchive/archive_write_set_options.3 b/Utilities/cmlibarchive/libarchive/archive_write_set_options.3
index 9d605151a..f8fb039ac 100644
--- a/Utilities/cmlibarchive/libarchive/archive_write_set_options.3
+++ b/Utilities/cmlibarchive/libarchive/archive_write_set_options.3
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ If the
 .Ar value
 is
 .Cm hd ,
-then the the boot image is assumed to be a bootable hard disk image.
+then the boot image is assumed to be a bootable hard disk image.
 If the
 .Ar value
 is