a b s t r a c tLet p be an odd prime, and m and k be two positive integers with m ≥ 3. Let h ±1 (x) and h ±t (x) be the minimal polynomials of ±α −1 and ±α −t over F p , respectively, where α is a primitive element of F p m . Let C 1,−1,±t , C ±1,t,−t and C 1,−1,t,−t be the cyclic codes over F prespectively. This paper determines the weight distributions of the cyclic codes C 1,−1,±t , C ±1,t,−t and C 1,−1,t,−t for the parameter t satisfying some congruence equations.