diff --git a/status/explicit-failures-markup.xml b/status/explicit-failures-markup.xml
index ebcb18c7fd52..7c4c59b60079 100644
--- a/status/explicit-failures-markup.xml
+++ b/status/explicit-failures-markup.xml
@@ -3706,7 +3706,7 @@ for more information.
             <toolset name="msvc-6.5*"/>
             <toolset name="msvc-7.0"/>
             <note author="Robert Ramey" refid="6">
-                msvc 6 compiler failure.  The facility being tested conflicts the the
+                msvc 6 compiler failure.  The facility being tested conflicts the
                 compiler in a fundamental way and cannot be worked around.
             </note>
         </mark-expected-failures>
@@ -3715,7 +3715,7 @@ for more information.
             <test name="test_mi*"/>
             <toolset name="msvc-6.5*"/>
             <note author="Robert Ramey" refid="6">
-                msvc 6 compiler failure.  The facility being tested conflicts the the
+                msvc 6 compiler failure.  The facility being tested conflicts the
                 compiler in a fundamental way and cannot be worked around.
             </note>
         </mark-expected-failures>