diff --git a/Doc/library/optparse.rst b/Doc/library/optparse.rst
index cfcd8a6..8b585b6 100644
--- a/Doc/library/optparse.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/optparse.rst
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@
 * ``append_const`` [required: ``const``; relevant: :attr:`dest`]
 
   Like ``store_const``, but the value ``const`` is appended to :attr:`dest`; as
-  with ``append``, :attr:`dest` defaults to ``None``, and an an empty list is
+  with ``append``, :attr:`dest` defaults to ``None``, and an empty list is
   automatically created the first time the option is encountered.
 
 * ``count`` [relevant: :attr:`dest`]
@@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@
 
 * if the number starts with ``0``, it is parsed as an octal number
 
-* if the number starts with ``0b``, is is parsed as a binary number
+* if the number starts with ``0b``, it is parsed as a binary number
 
 * otherwise, the number is parsed as a decimal number