diff --git a/doc/source/devref/api_converters.rst b/doc/source/devref/api_converters.rst
index a44cf5a99..8288c4257 100644
--- a/doc/source/devref/api_converters.rst
+++ b/doc/source/devref/api_converters.rst
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 API Converters
 ==============
 
-Defintions for REST API attributes, can include conversion methods
+Definitions for REST API attributes, can include conversion methods
 to help normalize user input or transform the input into a form that
 can be used.
 
diff --git a/doc/source/devref/callbacks.rst b/doc/source/devref/callbacks.rst
index 3ddbca4ca..5a2ba95c5 100644
--- a/doc/source/devref/callbacks.rst
+++ b/doc/source/devref/callbacks.rst
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ Is there any ordering guarantee during notifications?
   notified. Priorities can be a future extension, if a use case arises that require enforced
   ordering.
 
-How is the the notifying object expected to interact with the subscribing objects?
+How is the notifying object expected to interact with the subscribing objects?
 
   The ``notify`` method implements a one-way communication paradigm: the notifier sends a message
   without expecting a response back (in other words it fires and forget). However, due to the nature