diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/flow_classify_lib.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/flow_classify_lib.rst
index f0ed5a1a04..7dae0bc8c6 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/flow_classify_lib.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/flow_classify_lib.rst
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ Packet Matching
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 The ``rte_flow_classifier_query`` API is used to find packets which match a
-given flow Flow rule in the table.
+given flow rule in the table.
 This API calls the flow_classify_run internal function which calls the
 ``table.ops.f_lookup`` API to see if any packets in a burst match any
 of the Flow rules in the table.
diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ipsec_secgw.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ipsec_secgw.rst
index eb1a57a98f..6f6e168c9b 100644
--- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ipsec_secgw.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ipsec_secgw.rst
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ where each options means:
 
    * *protect <SA_idx>*: the specified traffic is protected by SA rule
      with id SA_idx
-   * *bypass*: the specified traffic traffic is bypassed
+   * *bypass*: the specified traffic is bypassed
    * *discard*: the specified traffic is discarded
 
 ``<priority>``
diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/keep_alive.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/keep_alive.rst
index 865ba69e5c..58e7985b12 100644
--- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/keep_alive.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/keep_alive.rst
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ options.
 Explanation
 -----------
 
-The following sections provide some explanation of the The
+The following sections provide some explanation of the
 Keep-Alive/'Liveliness' conceptual scheme. As mentioned in the
 overview section, the initialization and run-time paths are very
 similar to those of the :doc:`l2_forward_real_virtual`.