chore: fix grammar (#502)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1dd1b00..dd60344 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
 
 The project includes its own packaged version of Gradle called Gradle Wrapper which is invoked using the `./gradlew` command on Linux/Unix/Mac or `gradlew.bat` on Windows.
 
-1. Gradle requires requires you to [install Java JDK version 8](https://gradle.org/install/) or higher
+1. Gradle requires you to [install Java JDK version 8](https://gradle.org/install/) or higher
 
 1. Clone the `openwhisk-cli` repo:
 
diff --git a/commands/activation.go b/commands/activation.go
index 2048653..94433a2 100644
--- a/commands/activation.go
+++ b/commands/activation.go
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
 			whisk.Debug(whisk.DbgError, "Client.Activations.List(%#v) error during lastFlag: %s\n", options, err)
 			return args, err
 		}
-		if len(activations) == 0 { // Checks to to see if there are activations available
+		if len(activations) == 0 { // Checks to see if there are activations available
 			whisk.Debug(whisk.DbgError, "No activations found in activation list\n")
 			errStr := wski18n.T("Activation list does not contain any activations.")
 			whiskErr := whisk.MakeWskError(errors.New(errStr), whisk.EXIT_CODE_ERR_GENERAL, whisk.DISPLAY_MSG, whisk.DISPLAY_USAGE)