diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jxpath/JXPathContext.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jxpath/JXPathContext.java
index c4aac2c63..8823c313e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jxpath/JXPathContext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jxpath/JXPathContext.java
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ public AbstractFactory getFactory() {
 
     /**
      * Set the locale for this context.  The value of the "lang"
-     * attribute as well as the the lang() function will be
+     * attribute as well as the lang() function will be
      * affected by the locale.  By default, JXPath uses
      * <code>Locale.getDefault()</code>
      * @param locale Locale
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jxpath/Pointer.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jxpath/Pointer.java
index a8256682e..3bf49db72 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jxpath/Pointer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jxpath/Pointer.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  * ({@link JXPathContext#getPointer(java.lang.String) getPointer()}
  * and  ({@link JXPathContext#iteratePointers(java.lang.String)
  * iteratePointers()}, which, given an XPath, produce Pointers for the objects
- * or properties described the the path. For example, <code>ctx.getPointer
+ * or properties described the path. For example, <code>ctx.getPointer
  * ("foo/bar")</code> will produce a Pointer that can get and set the property
  * "bar" of the object which is the value of the property "foo" of the root
  * object. The value of <code>ctx.getPointer("aMap/aKey[3]")</code> will be a