diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst b/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst
index 5a3431d..a62934c 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 alternative location.)
 
 On Windows machines, the Python installation is usually placed in
-:file:`C:\Python26`, though you can change this when you're running the
+:file:`C:\\Python26`, though you can change this when you're running the
 installer.  To add this directory to your path,  you can type the following
 command into the command prompt in a DOS box::
 
diff --git a/Doc/using/unix.rst b/Doc/using/unix.rst
index cc99a62..69b76c6 100644
--- a/Doc/using/unix.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/unix.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 that are not available on your distro's package.  You can easily compile the
 latest version of Python from source.
 	
-In the event Python doesn't come preinstalled and isn't in the repositories as
+In the event that Python doesn't come preinstalled and isn't in the repositories as
 well, you can easily make packages for your own distro.  Have a look at the
 following links:
 
diff --git a/Doc/using/windows.rst b/Doc/using/windows.rst
index 1753b6d..cd706a7 100644
--- a/Doc/using/windows.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/windows.rst
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 <http://www.python.org/download/releases/>`_ for many years.
 
 With ongoing development of Python, some platforms that used to be supported
-earlier are not longer supported (due to the lack of users or developers).
+earlier are no longer supported (due to the lack of users or developers).
 Check :pep:`11` for details on all unsupported platforms.
 
 * DOS and Windows 3.x are deprecated since Python 2.0 and code specific to these