diff --git a/contracts/ibc-reflect/src/contract.rs b/contracts/ibc-reflect/src/contract.rs
index 60d4b85db7..5d4bfd73bf 100644
--- a/contracts/ibc-reflect/src/contract.rs
+++ b/contracts/ibc-reflect/src/contract.rs
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ fn encode_ibc_error(msg: impl Into<String>) -> Binary {
 }
 
 #[entry_point]
-/// we look for a the proper reflect contract to relay to and send the message
+/// we look for the proper reflect contract to relay to and send the message
 /// We cannot return any meaningful response value as we do not know the response value
 /// of execution. We just return ok if we dispatched, error if we failed to dispatch
 pub fn ibc_packet_receive(
diff --git a/packages/vm/src/wasm_backend/limiting_tunables.rs b/packages/vm/src/wasm_backend/limiting_tunables.rs
index b1e817c395..56086fc656 100644
--- a/packages/vm/src/wasm_backend/limiting_tunables.rs
+++ b/packages/vm/src/wasm_backend/limiting_tunables.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ impl<T: Tunables> LimitingTunables<T> {
         adjusted
     }
 
-    /// Ensures the a given memory type does not exceed the memory limit.
+    /// Ensures a given memory type does not exceed the memory limit.
     /// Call this after adjusting the memory.
     fn validate_memory(&self, ty: &MemoryType) -> Result<(), MemoryError> {
         if ty.minimum > self.limit {