diff --git a/src/archive/tar/common.go b/src/archive/tar/common.go
index 89d1f38732b..dee9e47e4ae 100644
--- a/src/archive/tar/common.go
+++ b/src/archive/tar/common.go
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ type Header struct {
 	// The key and value should be non-empty UTF-8 strings.
 	//
 	// When Writer.WriteHeader is called, PAX records derived from the
-	// the other fields in Header take precedence over PAXRecords.
+	// other fields in Header take precedence over PAXRecords.
 	PAXRecords map[string]string
 
 	// Format specifies the format of the tar header.
diff --git a/src/cmd/internal/objabi/reloctype.go b/src/cmd/internal/objabi/reloctype.go
index fb3cae45fce..ac96b3a71b6 100644
--- a/src/cmd/internal/objabi/reloctype.go
+++ b/src/cmd/internal/objabi/reloctype.go
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ const (
 
 	// R_ADDRPOWER_PCREL relocates two D-form instructions like R_ADDRPOWER, but
 	// inserts the displacement from the place being relocated to the address of the
-	// the relocated symbol instead of just its address.
+	// relocated symbol instead of just its address.
 	R_ADDRPOWER_PCREL
 
 	// R_ADDRPOWER_TOCREL relocates two D-form instructions like R_ADDRPOWER, but
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
index bfff5209a6b..030491a5501 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) loadlib() {
 	}
 
 	// If package versioning is required, generate a hash of the
-	// the packages used in the link.
+	// packages used in the link.
 	if ctxt.BuildMode == BuildModeShared || ctxt.BuildMode == BuildModePlugin || ctxt.CanUsePlugins() {
 		for _, lib := range ctxt.Library {
 			if lib.Shlib == "" {
diff --git a/src/database/sql/fakedb_test.go b/src/database/sql/fakedb_test.go
index abb8d40fc02..fd093f77e1f 100644
--- a/src/database/sql/fakedb_test.go
+++ b/src/database/sql/fakedb_test.go
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ type rowsCursor struct {
 	err    error
 
 	// a clone of slices to give out to clients, indexed by the
-	// the original slice's first byte address.  we clone them
+	// original slice's first byte address.  we clone them
 	// just so we're able to corrupt them on close.
 	bytesClone map[*byte][]byte
 
diff --git a/src/database/sql/sql.go b/src/database/sql/sql.go
index 5d62eb2b53c..5956d6ad46d 100644
--- a/src/database/sql/sql.go
+++ b/src/database/sql/sql.go
@@ -2310,7 +2310,7 @@ func (s *Stmt) connStmt(ctx context.Context, strategy connReuseStrategy) (dc *dr
 	}
 
 	// In a transaction or connection, we always use the connection that the
-	// the stmt was created on.
+	// stmt was created on.
 	if s.cg != nil {
 		s.mu.Unlock()
 		dc, releaseConn, err = s.cg.grabConn(ctx) // blocks, waiting for the connection.
diff --git a/src/encoding/xml/xml.go b/src/encoding/xml/xml.go
index b379544dab0..5a51d4c9797 100644
--- a/src/encoding/xml/xml.go
+++ b/src/encoding/xml/xml.go
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ type Decoder struct {
 	// charset-conversion readers, converting from the provided
 	// non-UTF-8 charset into UTF-8. If CharsetReader is nil or
 	// returns an error, parsing stops with an error. One of the
-	// the CharsetReader's result values must be non-nil.
+	// CharsetReader's result values must be non-nil.
 	CharsetReader func(charset string, input io.Reader) (io.Reader, error)
 
 	// DefaultSpace sets the default name space used for unadorned tags,
diff --git a/src/go/printer/nodes.go b/src/go/printer/nodes.go
index 3e2ff4f5ae3..9f6bb4da233 100644
--- a/src/go/printer/nodes.go
+++ b/src/go/printer/nodes.go
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ func (p *printer) exprList(prev0 token.Pos, list []ast.Expr, depth int, mode exp
 
 		// if the previous line and the current line had single-
 		// line-expressions and the key sizes are small or the
-		// the ratio between the key sizes does not exceed a
+		// ratio between the key sizes does not exceed a
 		// threshold, align columns and do not use formfeed
 		if prevSize > 0 && size > 0 {
 			const smallSize = 20
diff --git a/src/html/template/escape.go b/src/html/template/escape.go
index c77b23ae687..aaeb2d6bc1f 100644
--- a/src/html/template/escape.go
+++ b/src/html/template/escape.go
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ func nudge(c context) context {
 
 // join joins the two contexts of a branch template node. The result is an
 // error context if either of the input contexts are error contexts, or if the
-// the input contexts differ.
+// input contexts differ.
 func join(a, b context, node parse.Node, nodeName string) context {
 	if a.state == stateError {
 		return a
diff --git a/src/runtime/mheap.go b/src/runtime/mheap.go
index 8b2ed15dd91..30df753c86b 100644
--- a/src/runtime/mheap.go
+++ b/src/runtime/mheap.go
@@ -1546,7 +1546,7 @@ func newMarkBits(nelems uintptr) *gcBits {
 // to be used for this span's alloc bits.
 // newAllocBits is used to provide newly initialized spans
 // allocation bits. For spans not being initialized the
-// the mark bits are repurposed as allocation bits when
+// mark bits are repurposed as allocation bits when
 // the span is swept.
 func newAllocBits(nelems uintptr) *gcBits {
 	return newMarkBits(nelems)