diff --git a/include/sway/tree/container.h b/include/sway/tree/container.h
index 5cf5b6b1c..2c94c7722 100644
--- a/include/sway/tree/container.h
+++ b/include/sway/tree/container.h
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ struct sway_container *container_find_child(struct sway_container *container,
 		bool (*test)(struct sway_container *view, void *data), void *data);
 
 /**
- * Find a container at the given coordinates. Returns the the surface and
+ * Find a container at the given coordinates. Returns the surface and
  * surface-local coordinates of the given layout coordinates if the container
  * is a view and the view contains a surface at those coordinates.
  */
diff --git a/sway/desktop/xwayland.c b/sway/desktop/xwayland.c
index 2554d0e46..8936c8bc2 100644
--- a/sway/desktop/xwayland.c
+++ b/sway/desktop/xwayland.c
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ static void handle_set_hints(struct wl_listener *listener, void *data) {
 		return;
 	}
 	if (!xsurface->hints_urgency && view->urgent_timer) {
-		// The view is is in the timeout period. We'll ignore the request to
+		// The view is in the timeout period. We'll ignore the request to
 		// unset urgency so that the view remains urgent until the timer clears
 		// it.
 		return;