diff --git a/docs/topics/templates.txt b/docs/topics/templates.txt
index 8382be82b4..2a28564156 100644
--- a/docs/topics/templates.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/templates.txt
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ creating an object that specifies the following attributes:
 * ``'name'``: The full path to the template.
 
 * ``'template_name'``: The relative path to the template as passed into the
-  the template loading methods.
+  template loading methods.
 
 * ``'loader_name'``: An optional string identifying the function or class used
   to load the template, e.g. ``django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader``.
diff --git a/tests/foreign_object/tests.py b/tests/foreign_object/tests.py
index b211c6e328..a33f29a38c 100644
--- a/tests/foreign_object/tests.py
+++ b/tests/foreign_object/tests.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class MultiColumnFKTests(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual((person.id, person.name), (self.bob.id, "Bob"))
 
     def test_get_fails_on_multicolumn_mismatch(self):
-        # Membership objects returns DoesNotExist error when the there is no
+        # Membership objects returns DoesNotExist error when there is no
         # Person with the same id and country_id
         membership = Membership.objects.create(
             membership_country_id=self.usa.id, person_id=self.jane.id, group_id=self.cia.id)