diff --git a/src/ColorScheme.h b/src/ColorScheme.h
index bf50f7cb4..209537220 100644
--- a/src/ColorScheme.h
+++ b/src/ColorScheme.h
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ private:
     const ColorEntry* colorTable() const;
 
     // reads a single colour entry from a KConfig source
-    // and sets the the palette entry at 'index' to the entry read.
+    // and sets the palette entry at 'index' to the entry read.
     void readColorEntry(KConfig& config , int index); 
     // writes a single colour entry to a KConfig source
     void writeColorEntry(KConfig& config , const QString& colorName, const ColorEntry& entry,const RandomizationRange& range) const;
diff --git a/src/Screen.h b/src/Screen.h
index 94e724413..96a08a51f 100644
--- a/src/Screen.h
+++ b/src/Screen.h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class TerminalCharacterDecoder;
 
     The screen image has a selection associated with it, specified using 
     setSelectionStart() and setSelectionEnd().  The selected text can be retrieved
-    using selectedText().  When getImage() is used to retrieve the the visible image,
+    using selectedText().  When getImage() is used to retrieve the visible image,
     characters which are part of the selection have their colours inverted.   
 */
 class Screen
diff --git a/src/TerminalDisplay.cpp b/src/TerminalDisplay.cpp
index 1dc502459..cdfc8761b 100644
--- a/src/TerminalDisplay.cpp
+++ b/src/TerminalDisplay.cpp
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ void TerminalDisplay::scrollImage(int lines , const QRect& screenWindowRegion)
     // Note:  With Qt 4.4 the left edge of the scrolled area must be at 0
     // to get the correct (newly exposed) part of the widget repainted.
     //
-    // The right edge must be before the the left edge of the scroll bar to 
+    // The right edge must be before the left edge of the scroll bar to 
     // avoid triggering a repaint of the entire widget, the distance is 
     // given by SCROLLBAR_CONTENT_GAP
     //
diff --git a/src/ViewContainer.cpp b/src/ViewContainer.cpp
index 22a84a84b..27ace0683 100644
--- a/src/ViewContainer.cpp
+++ b/src/ViewContainer.cpp
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ void ViewContainer::viewDestroyed(QObject* object)
     _navigation.remove(widget);
 
     // FIXME This can result in ViewContainerSubClass::removeViewWidget() being 
-    // called after the the widget's parent has been deleted or partially deleted
+    // called after the widget's parent has been deleted or partially deleted
     // in the ViewContainerSubClass instance's destructor.
     //
     // Currently deleteLater() is used to remove child widgets in the subclass