diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/internal/managedfields.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/internal/managedfields.go
index 884645c5efc..741918fdda4 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/internal/managedfields.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/internal/managedfields.go
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ func decodeVersionedSet(encodedVersionedSet *metav1.ManagedFieldsEntry) (version
 	return versionedSet, nil
 }
 
-// encodeManagedFields converts ManagedFields from the the format used by
-// sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff to the the wire format (api format)
+// encodeManagedFields converts ManagedFields from the format used by
+// sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff to the wire format (api format)
 func encodeManagedFields(managedFields fieldpath.ManagedFields) (encodedManagedFields []metav1.ManagedFieldsEntry, err error) {
 	// Sort the keys so a predictable order will be used.
 	managers := []string{}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/leaderelection/healthzadaptor_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/leaderelection/healthzadaptor_test.go
index 746d49130c4..8226c3cf938 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/leaderelection/healthzadaptor_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/leaderelection/healthzadaptor_test.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func TestLeaderElectionHealthChecker(t *testing.T) {
 			elector:        nil,
 		},
 		{
-			description:    "call check when the the lease is far expired",
+			description:    "call check when the lease is far expired",
 			expected:       fmt.Errorf("failed election to renew leadership on lease %s", "foo"),
 			adaptorTimeout: time.Second * 20,
 			elector: &LeaderElector{
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func TestLeaderElectionHealthChecker(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			description:    "call check when the the lease is far expired but held by another server",
+			description:    "call check when the lease is far expired but held by another server",
 			expected:       nil,
 			adaptorTimeout: time.Second * 20,
 			elector: &LeaderElector{
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func TestLeaderElectionHealthChecker(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			description:    "call check when the the lease is not expired",
+			description:    "call check when the lease is not expired",
 			expected:       nil,
 			adaptorTimeout: time.Second * 20,
 			elector: &LeaderElector{
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func TestLeaderElectionHealthChecker(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			description:    "call check when the the lease is expired but inside the timeout",
+			description:    "call check when the lease is expired but inside the timeout",
 			expected:       nil,
 			adaptorTimeout: time.Second * 20,
 			elector: &LeaderElector{