diff --git a/modules/c2english/CGrammar.pm b/modules/c2english/CGrammar.pm
index eff0a9b6..5a52e29b 100644
--- a/modules/c2english/CGrammar.pm
+++ b/modules/c2english/CGrammar.pm
@@ -1680,7 +1680,7 @@ atomic_type_specifier:
 
 type_specifier:
       <skip:''> /\s*/
-        (typedef_name | 'void' | 'double' | 'float' | 'char' | 'short' | 'int' | 'long'
+        ('void'
           | 'signed' | 'unsigned'
           | 'FILE' | 'fpos_t'
           | 'bool' | '_Bool'
@@ -1703,7 +1703,8 @@ type_specifier:
           | 'clock_t' | 'time_t'
           | <skip:'[\s]*'> struct_or_union_specifier
           | <skip:'[\s]*'> enum_specifier
-          | <skip:'[\s]*'> atomic_type_specifier
+          | <skip:'[\s]*'> atomic_type_specifier | typedef_name
+          | 'double' | 'float' | 'char' | 'short' | 'int' | 'long'
         ) .../\W/
           { $return = $item[3]; }
 
diff --git a/modules/c2english/c2eng.pl b/modules/c2english/c2eng.pl
index 8efec339..e603420a 100755
--- a/modules/c2english/c2eng.pl
+++ b/modules/c2english/c2eng.pl
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ foreach my $arg (@ARGV) {
     $output =~ s/the function a generic-selection/the function resulting from a generic-selection/g;
     $output =~ s/\.\s+Then exit switch block/ and then exit switch block/g;
     $output =~ s/,\././g;
+    $output =~ s/const const/const/g;
  
     foreach my $quote (@quotes) {
       next unless $quote;