diff --git a/example/autoexpect.man b/example/autoexpect.man

index 45f24a4..79fc059 100644

--- a/example/autoexpect.man

+++ b/example/autoexpect.man

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ using the date command while running autoexpect is a sure way to

 produce a script that will require editing in order for it to work.

 The \-p flag puts autoexpect into "prompt mode".  In this mode,

-autoexpect will only look for the the last line of program output \-

+autoexpect will only look for the last line of program output \-

 which is usually the prompt.  This handles the date problem (see

 above) and most others.

diff --git a/example/tknewsbiff.man b/example/tknewsbiff.man

index dc5d4ad..63aec9f 100644

--- a/example/tknewsbiff.man

+++ b/example/tknewsbiff.man

@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ The "server" variable names an NNTP news-server.

 The default is "news".  The "server" variable is

 only used if the "active_file" variable is not set.

-The "server_timeout" variable describes how how many seconds to wait

+The "server_timeout" variable describes how many seconds to wait

 for a response from the server before giving up.  -1 means wait

 forever or until the server itself times out.  The default is 60

 seconds.

diff --git a/expect.man b/expect.man

index 1edff14..10352b6 100644

--- a/expect.man

+++ b/expect.man

@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ patterns are specified as with Tcl's

 command.  (Such patterns are also similar to C-shell regular expressions

 usually referred to as "glob" patterns).  The

 .B \-gl

-flag may may

+flag may

 be used to protect patterns that might otherwise match

 .B expect

 flags from doing so.