diff --git a/example/autoexpect.man b/example/autoexpect.man
index 45f24a4..79fc059 100644
--- a/example/autoexpect.man
+++ b/example/autoexpect.man
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ using the date command while running autoexpect is a sure way to
 produce a script that will require editing in order for it to work.
 
 The \-p flag puts autoexpect into "prompt mode".  In this mode,
-autoexpect will only look for the the last line of program output \-
+autoexpect will only look for the last line of program output \-
 which is usually the prompt.  This handles the date problem (see
 above) and most others.
 
diff --git a/example/tknewsbiff.man b/example/tknewsbiff.man
index dc5d4ad..63aec9f 100644
--- a/example/tknewsbiff.man
+++ b/example/tknewsbiff.man
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ The "server" variable names an NNTP news-server.
 The default is "news".  The "server" variable is
 only used if the "active_file" variable is not set.
 
-The "server_timeout" variable describes how how many seconds to wait
+The "server_timeout" variable describes how many seconds to wait
 for a response from the server before giving up.  -1 means wait
 forever or until the server itself times out.  The default is 60
 seconds.
diff --git a/expect.man b/expect.man
index 1edff14..10352b6 100644
--- a/expect.man
+++ b/expect.man
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ patterns are specified as with Tcl's
 command.  (Such patterns are also similar to C-shell regular expressions
 usually referred to as "glob" patterns).  The
 .B \-gl
-flag may may
+flag may
 be used to protect patterns that might otherwise match
 .B expect
 flags from doing so.