diff --git a/specs/kilo/approved/online-schema-changes.rst b/specs/kilo/approved/online-schema-changes.rst
index f8dbd828d..44941b985 100644
--- a/specs/kilo/approved/online-schema-changes.rst
+++ b/specs/kilo/approved/online-schema-changes.rst
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ optionally executed, to make the running schema match the model.
 The existing schema management workflow is the 'db sync' command to
 nova-manage. This is managed by sqlalchemy-migrate and uses individual
 migration scripts. This workflow will remain for now, but is expected
-to be be removed at some future time, leaving the expand/contract
+to be removed at some future time, leaving the expand/contract
 workflow as the way to manage the database schema.
 
 Until the sqlalchemy-migrate workflow is removed, all schema changes
diff --git a/specs/liberty/implemented/online-schema-changes.rst b/specs/liberty/implemented/online-schema-changes.rst
index 325cd5b62..fc18e004f 100644
--- a/specs/liberty/implemented/online-schema-changes.rst
+++ b/specs/liberty/implemented/online-schema-changes.rst
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ optionally executed, to make the running schema match the model.
 The existing schema management workflow is the 'db sync' command to
 nova-manage. This is managed by sqlalchemy-migrate and uses individual
 migration scripts. This workflow will remain for now, but is expected
-to be be removed at some future time, leaving the expand/contract
+to be removed at some future time, leaving the expand/contract
 workflow as the way to manage the database schema.
 
 Until the sqlalchemy-migrate workflow is removed, all schema changes
diff --git a/specs/newton/implemented/vendordata-reboot.rst b/specs/newton/implemented/vendordata-reboot.rst
index d2acffbe9..3ed1f796e 100644
--- a/specs/newton/implemented/vendordata-reboot.rst
+++ b/specs/newton/implemented/vendordata-reboot.rst
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Proposed change
 
 * Add a new flag, vendordata_providers, which is a list of the names of
   modules which add vendordata to the instance metadata. The current
-  vendordata_json module will be be presented as "StaticJSON" in this list.
+  vendordata_json module will be presented as "StaticJSON" in this list.
 
 * Add a new module which hooks the name "DynamicJSON" and which has a flag to
   configure a list of URLs to REST microservices which provide dynamic