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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/os.rst2
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/pty.rst2
3 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/abstract.rst b/Doc/c-api/abstract.rst
index 9a53987404..5ea8aced13 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/abstract.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/abstract.rst
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ is considered sufficient for this determination.
.. cfunction:: int PyObject_AsFileDescriptor(PyObject *o)
- Derives a file-descriptor from a Python object. If the object is an integer or
+ Derives a file descriptor from a Python object. If the object is an integer or
long integer, its value is returned. If not, the object's :meth:`fileno` method
is called if it exists; the method must return an integer or long integer, which
is returned as the file descriptor value. Returns ``-1`` on failure.
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 24830d2394..bc4cf4284a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ by file descriptors.
.. function:: ttyname(fd)
Return a string which specifies the terminal device associated with
- file-descriptor *fd*. If *fd* is not associated with a terminal device, an
+ file descriptor *fd*. If *fd* is not associated with a terminal device, an
exception is raised. Availability:Macintosh, Unix.
diff --git a/Doc/library/pty.rst b/Doc/library/pty.rst
index 5e1da225dc..ec1c75f22a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pty.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pty.rst
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@ The :mod:`pty` module defines the following functions:
reading from the controlling terminal.
The functions *master_read* and *stdin_read* should be functions which read from
- a file-descriptor. The defaults try to read 1024 bytes each time they are
+ a file descriptor. The defaults try to read 1024 bytes each time they are
called.