diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 51f1511ce..73e7930b7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13.0)
 
-set(ETH_CMAKE_DIR   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/cmake"   CACHE PATH "The the path to the cmake directory")
+set(ETH_CMAKE_DIR   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/cmake"   CACHE PATH "The path to the cmake directory")
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${ETH_CMAKE_DIR})
 
 # Set the build type, if none was specified.
diff --git a/ReleaseChecklist.md b/ReleaseChecklist.md
index 889256682..994b9692f 100644
--- a/ReleaseChecklist.md
+++ b/ReleaseChecklist.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
        [solc-bin](https://github.com/ethereum/solc-bin), [homebrew-ethereum](https://github.com/ethereum/homebrew-ethereum),
        [solidity-blog](https://github.com/ethereum/solidity-blog) and [solidity-portal](https://github.com/ethereum/solidity-portal) repositories.
  - [ ] DockerHub account with push rights to the [``solc`` image](https://hub.docker.com/r/ethereum/solc).
- - [ ] Lauchpad (Ubuntu One) account with a membership in the ["Ethereum" team](https://launchpad.net/~ethereum) and
+ - [ ] Launchpad (Ubuntu One) account with a membership in the ["Ethereum" team](https://launchpad.net/~ethereum) and
        a gnupg key for your email in the ``ethereum.org`` domain (has to be version 1, gpg2 won't work).
  - [ ] Ubuntu/Debian dependencies of the PPA scripts: ``devscripts``, ``debhelper``, ``dput``, ``git``, ``wget``, ``ca-certificates``.
  - [ ] [npm Registry](https://www.npmjs.com) account added as a collaborator for the [``solc`` package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/solc).
diff --git a/docs/060-breaking-changes.rst b/docs/060-breaking-changes.rst
index 25bc15b87..e7c93057f 100644
--- a/docs/060-breaking-changes.rst
+++ b/docs/060-breaking-changes.rst
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ New Error Reporter
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 A new error reporter was introduced, which aims at producing more accessible error messages on the command-line.
-It is enabled by default, but passing ``--old-reporter`` falls back to the the deprecated old error reporter.
+It is enabled by default, but passing ``--old-reporter`` falls back to the deprecated old error reporter.
 
 Metadata Hash Options
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/docs/using-the-compiler.rst b/docs/using-the-compiler.rst
index 3c0c1a70b..1a7406f44 100644
--- a/docs/using-the-compiler.rst
+++ b/docs/using-the-compiler.rst
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ Input Description
         // Addresses of the libraries. If not all libraries are given here,
         // it can result in unlinked objects whose output data is different.
         "libraries": {
-          // The top level key is the the name of the source file where the library is used.
+          // The top level key is the name of the source file where the library is used.
           // If remappings are used, this source file should match the global path
           // after remappings were applied.
           // If this key is an empty string, that refers to a global level.