diff --git a/Misc/HISTORY b/Misc/HISTORY
index 329d0b3..b24f897 100644
--- a/Misc/HISTORY
+++ b/Misc/HISTORY
@@ -7053,7 +7053,7 @@
 into python-mode.el.
 
 - The configure script can finally correctly find the readline library in a 
-non-standard location.  The LDFLAGS variable is passed on the the Makefiles 
+non-standard location.  The LDFLAGS variable is passed on the Makefiles 
 from the configure script.
 
 - Shared libraries are now installed as programs (i.e. with executable 
@@ -9278,7 +9278,7 @@
 system by running the script demo/scripts/h2py.py with
 /usr/include/sys/socket.h as input.
 
-cddb: interface to the database used the the CD player
+cddb: interface to the database used by the CD player
 
 torgb: convert various image file types to rgb format (requires pbmplus)