diff --git a/docs/examples/customization/custom-errors/README.md b/docs/examples/customization/custom-errors/README.md
index d2738e499..49393f658 100644
--- a/docs/examples/customization/custom-errors/README.md
+++ b/docs/examples/customization/custom-errors/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ service/nginx-errors   ClusterIP   10.0.0.12   <none>        80/TCP    10s
 
 ## Ingress controller configuration
 
-If you do not already have an instance of the the NGINX Ingress controller running, deploy it according to the
+If you do not already have an instance of the NGINX Ingress controller running, deploy it according to the
 [deployment guide][deploy], then follow these steps:
 
 1. Edit the `nginx-ingress-controller` Deployment and set the value of the `--default-backend` flag to the name of the
diff --git a/images/404-server/server.go b/images/404-server/server.go
index d3490a0de..c2e2e9dd9 100644
--- a/images/404-server/server.go
+++ b/images/404-server/server.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func main() {
 	notFound := newHTTPServer(fmt.Sprintf(":%d", *port), notFound())
 	metrics := newHTTPServer(fmt.Sprintf(":%d", *healthPort), metrics())
 
-	// start the the healthz and metrics http server
+	// start the healthz and metrics http server
 	go func() {
 		err := metrics.ListenAndServe()
 		if err != http.ErrServerClosed {