diff --git a/roles/cri-o/templates/crio.conf.j2 b/roles/cri-o/templates/crio.conf.j2
index b20a50c70..ff716f85f 100644
--- a/roles/cri-o/templates/crio.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/cri-o/templates/crio.conf.j2
@@ -226,9 +226,9 @@ registries = [
 # management of CNI plugins.
 [crio.network]
 
-# network_dir is is where CNI network configuration
+# network_dir is where CNI network configuration
 # files are stored.
 network_dir = "/etc/cni/net.d/"
 
-# plugin_dir is is where CNI plugin binaries are stored.
+# plugin_dir is where CNI plugin binaries are stored.
 plugin_dir = "/opt/cni/bin/"