diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml
index 08de0ff0684..ca933645a92 100644
--- a/man/journalctl.xml
+++ b/man/journalctl.xml
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@
       <para>All users are granted access to their private per-user
       journals. However, by default, only root and users who are
       members of a few special groups are granted access to the system
-      journal and the journals of other users. Members of the the
+      journal and the journals of other users. Members of the groups
       <literal>systemd-journal</literal>, <literal>adm</literal>, and
-      <literal>wheel</literal> groups can read all journal files. Note
+      <literal>wheel</literal> can read all journal files. Note
       that the two latter groups traditionally have additional
       privileges specified by the distribution. Members of the
       <literal>wheel</literal> group can often perform administrative
diff --git a/man/machinectl.xml b/man/machinectl.xml
index cf17349a6c4..4b878708536 100644
--- a/man/machinectl.xml
+++ b/man/machinectl.xml
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@
         <para>Image verification is identical for raw and tar images
         (see above).</para>
 
-        <para>If the the downloaded image is in
+        <para>If the downloaded image is in
         <filename>.qcow2</filename> format it is converted into a raw
         image file before it is made available.</para>
 
diff --git a/man/networkctl.xml b/man/networkctl.xml
index 884d2005c44..388afbed934 100644
--- a/man/networkctl.xml
+++ b/man/networkctl.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     state of the network links as seen by
     <command>systemd-networkd</command>.  Please refer to
     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-networkd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-    for an introduction to the the basic concepts, functionality, and
+    for an introduction to the basic concepts, functionality, and
     configuration syntax.</para>
   </refsect1>
 
diff --git a/man/sd_notify.xml b/man/sd_notify.xml
index 87e59c9cc2a..14030f56b10 100644
--- a/man/sd_notify.xml
+++ b/man/sd_notify.xml
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
         for information how to enable this functionality and
         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_watchdog_enabled</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-        for the details of how the service can check if the the
+        for the details of how the service can check whether the
         watchdog is enabled. </para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>