diff --git a/doc/devel/tag_guidelines.rst b/doc/devel/tag_guidelines.rst
index 2c80065982bc..2ff77d5279d5 100644
--- a/doc/devel/tag_guidelines.rst
+++ b/doc/devel/tag_guidelines.rst
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Proposing new tags
 1. Review existing tag list, looking out for similar entries (i.e. ``axes`` and ``axis``).
 2. If a relevant tag or subcategory does not yet exist, propose it. Each tag is two
    parts: ``subcategory: tag``. Tags should be one or two words.
-3. New tags should be be added when they are relevant to existing gallery entries too.
+3. New tags should be added when they are relevant to existing gallery entries too.
    Avoid tags that will link to only a single gallery entry.
 4. Tags can recreate other forms of organization.
 
diff --git a/doc/users/prev_whats_new/whats_new_3.8.0.rst b/doc/users/prev_whats_new/whats_new_3.8.0.rst
index 88f987172adb..fe1d5f7a7952 100644
--- a/doc/users/prev_whats_new/whats_new_3.8.0.rst
+++ b/doc/users/prev_whats_new/whats_new_3.8.0.rst
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ The following delimiter names have been supported earlier, but can now be sized
 * ``\leftparen`` and ``\rightparen``
 
 There are really no obvious advantages in using these.
-Instead, they are are added for completeness.
+Instead, they are added for completeness.
 
 ``mathtext`` documentation improvements
 ---------------------------------------
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ Plot Directive now can make responsive images with "srcset"
 
 The plot sphinx directive (``matplotlib.sphinxext.plot_directive``, invoked in
 rst as ``.. plot::``) can be configured to automatically make higher res
-figures and add these to the the built html docs.  In ``conf.py``::
+figures and add these to the built html docs.  In ``conf.py``::
 
     extensions = [
     ...
diff --git a/galleries/examples/scales/custom_scale.py b/galleries/examples/scales/custom_scale.py
index 0eedb16ec5cf..1b6bdd6f3e09 100644
--- a/galleries/examples/scales/custom_scale.py
+++ b/galleries/examples/scales/custom_scale.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
    * You want to override the default locators and formatters for the axis
      (``set_default_locators_and_formatters`` below).
 
-   * You want to limit the range of the the axis (``limit_range_for_scale`` below).
+   * You want to limit the range of the axis (``limit_range_for_scale`` below).
 
 """