diff --git a/Doc/library/_winreg.rst b/Doc/library/_winreg.rst
index f3e59be..e14ca99 100644
--- a/Doc/library/_winreg.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/_winreg.rst
@@ -15,20 +15,20 @@
 .. versionadded:: 2.0
 
 These functions expose the Windows registry API to Python.  Instead of using an
-integer as the registry handle, a handle object is used to ensure that the
-handles are closed correctly, even if the programmer neglects to explicitly
-close them.
+integer as the registry handle, a :ref:`handle object <handle-object>` is used
+to ensure that the handles are closed correctly, even if the programmer neglects
+to explicitly close them.
 
 This module exposes a very low-level interface to the Windows registry; it is
-expected that in the future a new ``winreg`` module will be created offering a
-higher-level interface to the registry API.
+expected that in the future a new module will be created offering a higher-level
+interface to the registry API.
 
 This module offers the following functions:
 
 
 .. function:: CloseKey(hkey)
 
-   Closes a previously opened registry key. The hkey argument specifies a
+   Closes a previously opened registry key.  The *hkey* argument specifies a
    previously opened key.
 
    Note that if *hkey* is not closed using this method (or via
@@ -134,13 +134,15 @@
    |       | registry type                              |
    +-------+--------------------------------------------+
    | ``2`` | An integer that identifies the type of the |
-   |       | value data                                 |
+   |       | value data (see table in docs for          |
+   |       | :meth:`SetValueEx`)                        |
    +-------+--------------------------------------------+
 
 
 .. function:: ExpandEnvironmentStrings(unicode)
 
-   Expands environment strings %NAME% in unicode string like const:`REG_EXPAND_SZ`::
+   Expands environment variable placeholders ``%NAME%`` in unicode strings like
+   :const:`REG_EXPAND_SZ`::
 
       >>> ExpandEnvironmentStrings(u"%windir%")
       u"C:\\Windows"
@@ -173,24 +175,23 @@
    Creates a subkey under the specified key and stores registration information
    from a specified file into that subkey.
 
-   *key* is an already open key, or any of the predefined :const:`HKEY_\*`
-   constants.
+   *key* is a handle returned by :func:`ConnectRegistry` or one of the constants
+   :const:`HKEY_USER` or :const:`HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE`.
 
-   *sub_key* is a string that identifies the sub_key to load.
+   *sub_key* is a string that identifies the subkey to load.
 
    *file_name* is the name of the file to load registry data from. This file must
    have been created with the :func:`SaveKey` function. Under the file allocation
    table (FAT) file system, the filename may not have an extension.
 
-   A call to LoadKey() fails if the calling process does not have the
-   :const:`SE_RESTORE_PRIVILEGE` privilege. Note that privileges are different than
-   permissions -- see the Win32 documentation for more details.
+   A call to :func:`LoadKey` fails if the calling process does not have the
+   :const:`SE_RESTORE_PRIVILEGE` privilege.  Note that privileges are different
+   from permissions -- see the `Win32 documentation
+   <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724889%28v=VS.85%29.aspx>`_ for
+   more details.
 
    If *key* is a handle returned by :func:`ConnectRegistry`, then the path
-   specified in *fileName* is relative to the remote computer.
-
-   The Win32 documentation implies *key* must be in the :const:`HKEY_USER` or
-   :const:`HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE` tree. This may or may not be true.
+   specified in *file_name* is relative to the remote computer.
 
 
 .. function:: OpenKey(key, sub_key[, res[, sam]])
@@ -205,7 +206,10 @@
    *res* is a reserved integer, and must be zero.  The default is zero.
 
    *sam* is an integer that specifies an access mask that describes the desired
-   security access for the key.  Default is :const:`KEY_READ`
+   security access for the key.  Default is :const:`KEY_READ`.  See the `Win32
+   documentation
+   <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724878%28v=VS.85%29.aspx>`_ for
+   other allowed values.
 
    The result is a new handle to the specified key.
 
@@ -277,7 +281,8 @@
    | ``0`` | The value of the registry item.         |
    +-------+-----------------------------------------+
    | ``1`` | An integer giving the registry type for |
-   |       | this value.                             |
+   |       | this value (see table in docs for       |
+   |       | :meth:`SetValueEx`)                     |
    +-------+-----------------------------------------+
 
 
@@ -288,10 +293,10 @@
    *key* is an already open key, or one of the predefined :const:`HKEY_\*`
    constants.
 
-   *file_name* is the name of the file to save registry data to. This file cannot
-   already exist. If this filename includes an extension, it cannot be used on file
-   allocation table (FAT) file systems by the :meth:`LoadKey`, :meth:`ReplaceKey`
-   or :meth:`RestoreKey` methods.
+   *file_name* is the name of the file to save registry data to.  This file
+   cannot already exist. If this filename includes an extension, it cannot be
+   used on file allocation table (FAT) file systems by the :meth:`LoadKey`
+   method.
 
    If *key* represents a key on a remote computer, the path described by
    *file_name* is relative to the remote computer. The caller of this method must
@@ -391,7 +396,7 @@
 
 This object wraps a Windows HKEY object, automatically closing it when the
 object is destroyed.  To guarantee cleanup, you can call either the
-:meth:`Close` method on the object, or the :func:`CloseKey` function.
+:meth:`~PyHKEY.Close` method on the object, or the :func:`CloseKey` function.
 
 All registry functions in this module return one of these objects.
 
@@ -411,8 +416,8 @@
 
 Handle objects can be converted to an integer (e.g., using the built-in
 :func:`int` function), in which case the underlying Windows handle value is
-returned.  You can also use the :meth:`Detach` method to return the integer
-handle, and also disconnect the Windows handle from the handle object.
+returned.  You can also use the :meth:`~PyHKEY.Detach` method to return the
+integer handle, and also disconnect the Windows handle from the handle object.
 
 
 .. method:: PyHKEY.Close()
@@ -437,11 +442,12 @@
 .. method:: PyHKEY.__enter__()
             PyHKEY.__exit__(\*exc_info)
 
-   The HKEY object implements :meth:`__enter__` and :meth:`__exit__` and thus
-   supports the context protocol for the :keyword:`with` statement::
+   The HKEY object implements :meth:`~object.__enter__` and
+   :meth:`~object.__exit__` and thus supports the context protocol for the
+   :keyword:`with` statement::
 
       with OpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "foo") as key:
-          # ... work with key ...
+          ...  # work with key
 
    will automatically close *key* when control leaves the :keyword:`with` block.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/fcntl.rst b/Doc/library/fcntl.rst
index b186d14..d0430c2 100644
--- a/Doc/library/fcntl.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/fcntl.rst
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 
 
 .. index::
-   pair: UNIX@Unix; file control
-   pair: UNIX@Unix; I/O control
+   pair: UNIX; file control
+   pair: UNIX; I/O control
 
 This module performs file control and I/O control on file descriptors. It is an
 interface to the :cfunc:`fcntl` and :cfunc:`ioctl` Unix routines.
diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst
index d778369..51f3b82 100644
--- a/Doc/library/socket.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 :mod:`socket` --- Low-level networking interface
 ================================================
 
@@ -91,8 +90,9 @@
 and out-of-memory conditions can be raised; errors related to socket or address
 semantics raise the error :exc:`socket.error`.
 
-Non-blocking mode is supported through :meth:`setblocking`.  A generalization of
-this based on timeouts is supported through :meth:`settimeout`.
+Non-blocking mode is supported through :meth:`~socket.setblocking`.  A
+generalization of this based on timeouts is supported through
+:meth:`~socket.settimeout`.
 
 The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions:
 
@@ -597,7 +597,9 @@
    :platform: Windows
 
    The :meth:`ioctl` method is a limited interface to the WSAIoctl system
-   interface. Please refer to the MSDN documentation for more information.
+   interface.  Please refer to the `Win32 documentation
+   <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms741621%28VS.85%29.aspx>`_ for more
+   information.
 
    On other platforms, the generic :func:`fcntl.fcntl` and :func:`fcntl.ioctl`
    functions may be used; they accept a socket object as their first argument.
@@ -705,7 +707,7 @@
    blocking mode.  In non-blocking mode, if a :meth:`recv` call doesn't find any
    data, or if a :meth:`send` call can't immediately dispose of the data, a
    :exc:`error` exception is raised; in blocking mode, the calls block until they
-   can proceed. ``s.setblocking(0)`` is equivalent to ``s.settimeout(0)``;
+   can proceed. ``s.setblocking(0)`` is equivalent to ``s.settimeout(0.0)``;
    ``s.setblocking(1)`` is equivalent to ``s.settimeout(None)``.
 
 
@@ -737,21 +739,21 @@
 non-blocking mode, operations fail (with an error that is unfortunately
 system-dependent) if they cannot be completed immediately.  In timeout mode,
 operations fail if they cannot be completed within the timeout specified for the
-socket or if the system returns an error.  The :meth:`setblocking` method is simply
-a shorthand for certain :meth:`settimeout` calls.
+socket or if the system returns an error.  The :meth:`~socket.setblocking`
+method is simply a shorthand for certain :meth:`~socket.settimeout` calls.
 
 Timeout mode internally sets the socket in non-blocking mode.  The blocking and
 timeout modes are shared between file descriptors and socket objects that refer
 to the same network endpoint.  A consequence of this is that file objects
-returned by the :meth:`makefile` method must only be used when the socket is in
-blocking mode; in timeout or non-blocking mode file operations that cannot be
-completed immediately will fail.
+returned by the :meth:`~socket.makefile` method must only be used when the
+socket is in blocking mode; in timeout or non-blocking mode file operations
+that cannot be completed immediately will fail.
 
-Note that the :meth:`connect` operation is subject to the timeout setting, and
-in general it is recommended to call :meth:`settimeout` before calling
-:meth:`connect` or pass a timeout parameter to :meth:`create_connection`.
-The system network stack may return a connection timeout error
-of its own regardless of any Python socket timeout setting.
+Note that the :meth:`~socket.connect` operation is subject to the timeout
+setting, and in general it is recommended to call :meth:`~socket.settimeout`
+before calling :meth:`~socket.connect` or pass a timeout parameter to
+:meth:`create_connection`.  The system network stack may return a connection
+timeout error of its own regardless of any Python socket timeout setting.
 
 
 .. method:: socket.setsockopt(level, optname, value)
@@ -773,8 +775,8 @@
    are disallowed.  If *how* is :const:`SHUT_RDWR`, further sends and receives are
    disallowed.
 
-Note that there are no methods :meth:`read` or :meth:`write`; use :meth:`recv`
-and :meth:`send` without *flags* argument instead.
+Note that there are no methods :meth:`read` or :meth:`write`; use
+:meth:`~socket.recv` and :meth:`~socket.send` without *flags* argument instead.
 
 Socket objects also have these (read-only) attributes that correspond to the
 values given to the :class:`socket` constructor.
@@ -809,11 +811,12 @@
 Here are four minimal example programs using the TCP/IP protocol: a server that
 echoes all data that it receives back (servicing only one client), and a client
 using it.  Note that a server must perform the sequence :func:`socket`,
-:meth:`bind`, :meth:`listen`, :meth:`accept` (possibly repeating the
-:meth:`accept` to service more than one client), while a client only needs the
-sequence :func:`socket`, :meth:`connect`.  Also note that the server does not
-:meth:`send`/:meth:`recv` on the  socket it is listening on but on the new
-socket returned by :meth:`accept`.
+:meth:`~socket.bind`, :meth:`~socket.listen`, :meth:`~socket.accept` (possibly
+repeating the :meth:`~socket.accept` to service more than one client), while a
+client only needs the sequence :func:`socket`, :meth:`~socket.connect`.  Also
+note that the server does not :meth:`~socket.send`/:meth:`~socket.recv` on the
+socket it is listening on but on the new socket returned by
+:meth:`~socket.accept`.
 
 The first two examples support IPv4 only. ::