diff --git a/source/basics.rst b/source/basics.rst
index 40668f5..3e9f573 100644
--- a/source/basics.rst
+++ b/source/basics.rst
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ passed to ``findnodes()`` is different in each case:
     Will match every ``<movie>`` element at any level of nesting.
 
 In both cases, the XPath expression starts with a '/' which means the search
-will start at the the top of the document.
+will start at the top of the document.
 
 Inside the second script's loop are a number of calls to ``findvalue()``.  This
 is a handy shortcut method that is typically used when you expect the XPath
diff --git a/source/html.rst b/source/html.rst
index a402202..92bf081 100644
--- a/source/html.rst
+++ b/source/html.rst
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ but it will also match an element like this:
 The most common way to solve the problem is to add an extra space to the
 beginning and the end of the ``class`` attribute value like this:  ``concat("
 ", @class, " ")`` and then add spaces around the classname we're looking for:
-``' member '``.  Giving a expression like this:
+``' member '``.  Giving an expression like this:
 
 .. literalinclude:: /code/540-html-xpath-classes.pl
     :language: perl