diff --git a/docs/advanced/cast/eigen.rst b/docs/advanced/cast/eigen.rst
index a5c11a3f1..894ce97f3 100644
--- a/docs/advanced/cast/eigen.rst
+++ b/docs/advanced/cast/eigen.rst
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ copying to take place:
         "small"_a            // <- This one can be copied if needed
     );
 
-With the above binding code, attempting to call the the ``some_method(m)``
+With the above binding code, attempting to call the ``some_method(m)``
 method on a ``MyClass`` object, or attempting to call ``some_function(m, m2)``
 will raise a ``RuntimeError`` rather than making a temporary copy of the array.
 It will, however, allow the ``m2`` argument to be copied into a temporary if
diff --git a/docs/compiling.rst b/docs/compiling.rst
index 0c788335d..65db93c81 100644
--- a/docs/compiling.rst
+++ b/docs/compiling.rst
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ that will be respected instead of the built-in flag search.
 
 The ``OPT_SIZE`` flag enables size-based optimization equivalent to the
 standard ``/Os`` or ``-Os`` compiler flags and the ``MinSizeRel`` build type,
-which avoid optimizations that that can substantially increase the size of the
+which avoid optimizations that can substantially increase the size of the
 resulting binary. This flag is particularly useful in projects that are split
 into performance-critical parts and associated bindings. In this case, we can
 compile the project in release mode (and hence, optimize performance globally),
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ customizable pybind11-based wrappers by parsing C++ header files.
 
 [litgen]_ is an automatic python bindings generator with a focus on generating
 documented and discoverable bindings: bindings will nicely reproduce the documentation
-found in headers. It is is based on srcML (srcml.org), a highly scalable, multi-language
+found in headers. It is based on srcML (srcml.org), a highly scalable, multi-language
 parsing tool with a developer centric approach. The API that you want to expose to python
 must be C++14 compatible (but your implementation can use more modern constructs).
 
diff --git a/include/pybind11/detail/common.h b/include/pybind11/detail/common.h
index 71a98f064..643fd33d7 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/detail/common.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/detail/common.h
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ enum class return_value_policy : uint8_t {
         object without taking ownership similar to the above
         return_value_policy::reference policy. In contrast to that policy, the
         function or property's implicit this argument (called the parent) is
-        considered to be the the owner of the return value (the child).
+        considered to be the owner of the return value (the child).
         pybind11 then couples the lifetime of the parent to the child via a
         reference relationship that ensures that the parent cannot be garbage
         collected while Python is still using the child. More advanced