diff --git a/specs/liberty/graduate-oslo-reports.rst b/specs/liberty/graduate-oslo-reports.rst
index 3a56350..368016e 100644
--- a/specs/liberty/graduate-oslo-reports.rst
+++ b/specs/liberty/graduate-oslo-reports.rst
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ serialized as text (default), as well as XML and JSON.
 Library Name
 ============
 
-The library will be called "oslo.reports".  The current name in the the
+The library will be called "oslo.reports".  The current name in the
 incubator is "openstack.common.report", but pluralizing the name seems more
 natural.
 
diff --git a/specs/policy/new-libraries.rst b/specs/policy/new-libraries.rst
index faa5c26..feb229f 100644
--- a/specs/policy/new-libraries.rst
+++ b/specs/policy/new-libraries.rst
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Bob at that point has a few options when building out this library:
    * automaton
    * futurist
 
-#. Create library immediately having the the Oslo group or subgroup (and by
+#. Create library immediately having the Oslo group or subgroup (and by
    default use the OpenStack ecosystem) help in its creation and produce a
    functional and useful artifact from that library (typically a pypi
    release) and integrate it into the various openstack projects.