diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
index f884c8d404..e28dd6dc91 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@
 
 * Added ActionController::Base.asset_host that will then be used by all the asset helpers. This enables you to easily offload static content like javascripts and images to a separate server tuned just for that.
 
-* Fixed action/fragment caching using the filestore when a directory and a file wanted to to use the same name. Now there's a .cache prefix that sidesteps the conflict #1188 [imbcmdth@hotmail.com]
+* Fixed action/fragment caching using the filestore when a directory and a file wanted to use the same name. Now there's a .cache prefix that sidesteps the conflict #1188 [imbcmdth@hotmail.com]
 
 * Fixed missing id uniqueness in FormTag#radio_button #1207 [Jarkko]
 
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@
 
 * Added POST support for the breakpoint retries, so form processing that raises an exception can be retried with the original request [Florian Gross]
 
-* Fixed regression with Base#reset_session that wouldn't use the the DEFAULT_SESSION_OPTIONS [adam@the-kramers.net]
+* Fixed regression with Base#reset_session that wouldn't use the DEFAULT_SESSION_OPTIONS [adam@the-kramers.net]
 
 * Fixed error rendering of rxml documents to not just swallow the exception and return 0 (still not guessing the right line, but hey)
 
@@ -1431,7 +1431,7 @@
 * Added another case to DateHelper#distance_in_minutes to return "less than a minute" instead of "0 minutes" and "1 minute" instead of "1 minutes"
 
 * Added a hidden field to checkboxes generated with FormHelper#check_box that will make sure that the unchecked value (usually 0)
-  is sent even if the checkbox is not checked. This relieves the controller from doing custom checking if the the checkbox wasn't
+  is sent even if the checkbox is not checked. This relieves the controller from doing custom checking if the checkbox wasn't
   checked. BEWARE: This might conflict with your run-on-the-mill work-around code. [Tobias Luetke]
 
 * Fixed error_message_on to just use the first if more than one error had been added [marcel]
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
index 07b9b443d2..b787af3fde 100755
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
       #   # Renders the clear text "Hi there!" within the current active layout (if one exists)
       #   render :text => "Explosion!", :layout => true
       #
-      #   # Renders the clear text "Hi there!" within the the layout 
+      #   # Renders the clear text "Hi there!" within the layout 
       #   # placed in "app/views/layouts/special.r(html|xml)"
       #   render :text => "Explosion!", :layout => "special"
       #
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
       #
       # * <tt>Hash</tt>: The URL will be generated by calling url_for with the +options+.
       # * <tt>String starting with protocol:// (like http://)</tt>: Is passed straight through as the target for redirection.
-      # * <tt>String not containing a protocol</tt>: The current current protocol and host is prepended to the string.
+      # * <tt>String not containing a protocol</tt>: The current protocol and host is prepended to the string.
       # * <tt>:back</tt>: Back to the page that issued the request. Useful for forms that are triggered from multiple places.
       #   Short-hand for redirect_to(request.env["HTTP_REFERER"])
       # 
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_options_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_options_helper.rb
index 261ff76ae0..cd2a00254d 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_options_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_options_helper.rb
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ module ActionView
       # Returns a string of option tags, like options_from_collection_for_select, but surrounds them with <optgroup> tags.
       #
       # An array of group objects are passed. Each group should return an array of options when calling group_method
-      # Each group should should return its name when calling group_label_method.
+      # Each group should return its name when calling group_label_method.
       #
       # html_option_groups_from_collection(@continents, "countries", "continent_name", "country_id", "country_name", @selected_country.id)
       #
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb
index 118b5b158b..3ec0a65971 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ module ActionView
         #
         #     "attr" => bool_value
         #
-        # if the the associated _bool_value_ evaluates to true, it is
+        # if the associated _bool_value_ evaluates to true, it is
         # replaced with the attribute's name; otherwise the attribute is
         # removed from the _html_options_ hash.  (See the XHTML 1.0 spec,
         # section 4.5 "Attribute Minimization" for more:
diff --git a/actionwebservice/lib/action_web_service/casting.rb b/actionwebservice/lib/action_web_service/casting.rb
index 9ce8192d49..c9982f13a0 100644
--- a/actionwebservice/lib/action_web_service/casting.rb
+++ b/actionwebservice/lib/action_web_service/casting.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module ActionWebService # :nodoc:
         self.class.cast_expects(@api_method, params)
       end
 
-      # Coerces the given +return_value+ into the the type returned by this
+      # Coerces the given +return_value+ into the type returned by this
       # method
       def cast_returns(return_value)
         self.class.cast_returns(@api_method, return_value)