diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
index 59b685224d9c..4f4d8b6c0389 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -6221,7 +6221,7 @@ def pcolorfast(self, *args, alpha=None, norm=None, cmap=None, vmin=None,
 
            - It supports only flat shading (no outlines)
            - It lacks support for log scaling of the axes.
-           - It does not have a have a pyplot wrapper.
+           - It does not have a pyplot wrapper.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/colorbar.py b/lib/matplotlib/colorbar.py
index 14451861fb72..99c14245c7e3 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/colorbar.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/colorbar.py
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ def set_ticklabels(self, ticklabels, update_ticks=True, *, minor=False,
             of locations.
 
         update_ticks : bool, default: True
-            This keyword argument is ignored and will be be removed.
+            This keyword argument is ignored and will be removed.
             Deprecated
 
          minor : bool
diff --git a/tutorials/introductory/lifecycle.py b/tutorials/introductory/lifecycle.py
index b0181b4df7b7..59cb55831fe1 100644
--- a/tutorials/introductory/lifecycle.py
+++ b/tutorials/introductory/lifecycle.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 In the explicit object-oriented (OO) interface we directly utilize instances of
 :class:`axes.Axes` to build up the visualization in an instance of
 :class:`figure.Figure`.  In the implicit interface, inspired by and modeled on
-MATLAB, uses an global state-based interface which is is encapsulated in the
+MATLAB, uses an global state-based interface which is encapsulated in the
 :mod:`.pyplot` module to plot to the "current Axes".  See the :doc:`pyplot
 tutorials </tutorials/introductory/pyplot>` for a more in-depth look at the
 pyplot interface.