diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_editmenu.py b/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_editmenu.py
index 17eb25c4b4c..17478473a3d 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_editmenu.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_editmenu.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '''Test (selected) IDLE Edit menu items.
 
-Edit modules have their own test files files
+Edit modules have their own test files
 '''
 from test.support import requires
 requires('gui')
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_text.py b/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_text.py
index a5ba7bb2136..0f31179e04b 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_text.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_text.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 class TextTest(object):
     "Define items common to both sets of tests."
 
-    hw = 'hello\nworld'  # Several tests insert this after after initialization.
+    hw = 'hello\nworld'  # Several tests insert this after initialization.
     hwn = hw+'\n'  # \n present at initialization, before insert
 
     # setUpClass defines cls.Text and maybe cls.root.