diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/request_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/request_test.go
index 01e18251815..ddde5f767a0 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/request_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/request_test.go
@@ -2564,7 +2564,7 @@ func TestRequestWatchWithRetry(t *testing.T) {
 	testRequestWithRetry(t, "Watch", func(ctx context.Context, r *Request) {
 		w, err := r.Watch(ctx)
 		if err == nil {
-			// in this test the the response body returned by the server is always empty,
+			// in this test the response body returned by the server is always empty,
 			// this will cause StreamWatcher.receive() to:
 			// - return an io.EOF to indicate that the watch closed normally and
 			// - then close the io.Reader
@@ -2592,7 +2592,7 @@ func TestRequestWatchRetryWithRateLimiterBackoffAndMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	testRetryWithRateLimiterBackoffAndMetrics(t, "Watch", func(ctx context.Context, r *Request) {
 		w, err := r.Watch(ctx)
 		if err == nil {
-			// in this test the the response body returned by the server is always empty,
+			// in this test the response body returned by the server is always empty,
 			// this will cause StreamWatcher.receive() to:
 			// - return an io.EOF to indicate that the watch closed normally and
 			// - then close the io.Reader
@@ -2620,7 +2620,7 @@ func TestRequestWatchWithRetryInvokeOrder(t *testing.T) {
 	testWithRetryInvokeOrder(t, "Watch", func(ctx context.Context, r *Request) {
 		w, err := r.Watch(ctx)
 		if err == nil {
-			// in this test the the response body returned by the server is always empty,
+			// in this test the response body returned by the server is always empty,
 			// this will cause StreamWatcher.receive() to:
 			// - return an io.EOF to indicate that the watch closed normally and
 			// - then close the io.Reader
@@ -2635,7 +2635,7 @@ func TestRequestWatchWithWrapPreviousError(t *testing.T) {
 	testWithWrapPreviousError(t, func(ctx context.Context, r *Request) error {
 		w, err := r.Watch(ctx)
 		if err == nil {
-			// in this test the the response body returned by the server is always empty,
+			// in this test the response body returned by the server is always empty,
 			// this will cause StreamWatcher.receive() to:
 			// - return an io.EOF to indicate that the watch closed normally and
 			// - then close the io.Reader