diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/connpool/dbconn.go b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/connpool/dbconn.go
index 2a189676a44..abeef3e68b2 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/connpool/dbconn.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/connpool/dbconn.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import (
 	querypb "vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/proto/query"
 )
 
-// BinlogFormat is used for for specifying the binlog format.
+// BinlogFormat is used for specifying the binlog format.
 type BinlogFormat int
 
 // The following constants specify the possible binlog format values.
diff --git a/test/base_sharding.py b/test/base_sharding.py
index 3fcc92c1fb1..acc6d3a6f3d 100644
--- a/test/base_sharding.py
+++ b/test/base_sharding.py
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ def check_throttler_service_configuration(self, throttler_server, names):
                                 auto_log=True, trap_output=True)
     for name in names:
       # The max should be set and have a non-zero value.
-      # We test only the the first field 'target_replication_lag_sec'.
+      # We test only the first field 'target_replication_lag_sec'.
       self.assertIn('| %s | target_replication_lag_sec:12345 ' % (name), stdout)
       # protobuf omits fields with a zero value in the text output.
       self.assertNotIn('ignore_n_slowest_replicas', stdout)