diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/readable.js b/lib/internal/streams/readable.js
index d0424edc1fa32b..93a835f14ed5f2 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/readable.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/readable.js
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ function maybeReadMore_(stream, state) {
   // conditions prevent the data from being read:
   // - The stream has ended (state.ended).
   // - There is already a pending 'read' operation (state.reading). This is a
-  //   case where the the stream has called the implementation defined _read()
+  //   case where the stream has called the implementation defined _read()
   //   method, but they are processing the call asynchronously and have _not_
   //   called push() with new data. In this case we skip performing more
   //   read()s. The execution ends in this method again after the _read() ends
diff --git a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
index 59219821230b51..f658103b954fbb 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
@@ -1758,7 +1758,7 @@ function reduceToSingleString(
   ctx, output, base, braces, extrasType, recurseTimes, value) {
   if (ctx.compact !== true) {
     if (typeof ctx.compact === 'number' && ctx.compact >= 1) {
-      // Memorize the original output length. In case the the output is grouped,
+      // Memorize the original output length. In case the output is grouped,
       // prevent lining up the entries on a single line.
       const entries = output.length;
       // Group array elements together if the array contains at least six