diff --git a/chapters/beam_loader.asciidoc b/chapters/beam_loader.asciidoc
index 590ac40..8f9087f 100644
--- a/chapters/beam_loader.asciidoc
+++ b/chapters/beam_loader.asciidoc
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ values have to be of the same type and have the same value. Furthermore the `S=s
 limits the type to a be a source register.
 Rest=*:: allows a variable number of arguments in the instruction and binds them to
 variable `Rest`.
-use_jump_tab(Size, Rest):: calls a the
+use_jump_tab(Size, Rest):: calls the
 https://github.com/erlang/otp/blob/OTP-19.3/erts/emulator/beam/beam_load.c#L2707[use_jump_tab]
 C function in `beam_load.c` that decides whether the arguments in the `select_val`
 can be transformed into a jump table.
diff --git a/code/beam_chapter/src/token_threaded_vsm.c b/code/beam_chapter/src/token_threaded_vsm.c
index df73850..57dfbe3 100755
--- a/code/beam_chapter/src/token_threaded_vsm.c
+++ b/code/beam_chapter/src/token_threaded_vsm.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     printf("The value is: %i\n", run());
     return 0;
   } else {
-    printf("Give a the file name of a byte code program as argument\n");
+    printf("Give the file name of a byte code program as argument\n");
     return -1;
   }
 }
diff --git a/code/beam_chapter/src/vsm.c b/code/beam_chapter/src/vsm.c
index 1813a6f..37f298c 100755
--- a/code/beam_chapter/src/vsm.c
+++ b/code/beam_chapter/src/vsm.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     printf("The value is: %i\n", res);
     return 0;
   } else {
-    printf("Give a the file name of a byte code program as argument\n");
+    printf("Give the file name of a byte code program as argument\n");
     return -1;
   }
 }