diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst
index 227f721..274ca15 100644
--- a/Doc/library/collections.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/collections.rst
@@ -395,8 +395,8 @@
 
 .. _named-tuple-factory:
 
-:func:`NamedTuple` factory function
------------------------------------
+:func:`NamedTuple` Factory Function for Tuples with Named Fields
+----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Named tuples assign meaning to each position in a tuple and allow for more readable,
 self-documenting code.  They can be used wherever regular tuples are used, and
@@ -411,12 +411,12 @@
    method which lists the tuple contents in a ``name=value`` format.
 
    The *fieldnames* are specified in a single string with each fieldname separated by
-   a space and/or comma.  Any valid Python identifier may be used for a field name.
+   a space and/or comma.  Any valid Python identifier may be used for a fieldname.
 
-   If *verbose* is true, the *NamedTuple* call will print the class definition.
+   If *verbose* is true, will print the class definition.
 
    *NamedTuple* instances do not have per-instance dictionaries, so they are
-   lightweight, requiring no more memory than regular tuples.
+   lightweight and require no more memory than regular tuples.
 
 Example::
 
@@ -467,7 +467,9 @@
 
 .. method:: somenamedtuple.replace(field, value)
 
-   Return a new instance of the named tuple replacing the named *field* with a new *value*::
+   Return a new instance of the named tuple replacing the named *field* with a new *value*:
+
+::
 
       >>> p = Point(x=11, y=22)
       >>> p.__replace__('x', 33)
@@ -480,7 +482,9 @@
 
    Return a tuple of strings listing the field names.  This is useful for introspection,
    for converting a named tuple instance to a dictionary, and for combining named tuple
-   types to create new named tuple types::
+   types to create new named tuple types:
+
+::
 
       >>> p.__fields__                         # view the field names
       ('x', 'y')
diff --git a/Doc/library/decimal.rst b/Doc/library/decimal.rst
index bbac0d4..ee4aeec 100644
--- a/Doc/library/decimal.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/decimal.rst
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@
 
 The usual approach to working with decimals is to create :class:`Decimal`
 instances and then apply arithmetic operations which take place within the
-current context for the active thread.  An alternate approach is to use context
+current context for the active thread.  An alternative approach is to use context
 methods for calculating within a specific context.  The methods are similar to
 those for the :class:`Decimal` class and are only briefly recounted here.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index 75db75c..1a0bdf3 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -657,10 +657,13 @@
 
 .. index:: pair: string; methods
 
-String objects support the methods listed below.  In addition, Python's strings
-support the sequence type methods described in the :ref:`typesseq` section. To
-output formatted strings, see the :ref:`string-formatting` section. Also, see
-the :mod:`re` module for string functions based on regular expressions.
+String objects support the methods listed below.  Note that none of these
+methods take keyword arguments.
+
+In addition, Python's strings support the sequence type methods described in
+the :ref:`typesseq` section. To output formatted strings, see the
+:ref:`string-formatting` section. Also, see the :mod:`re` module for string
+functions based on regular expressions.
 
 .. method:: str.capitalize()
 
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
index 54f4403..2f4cdd3 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
    >>> f.readlines()
    ['This is the first line of the file.\n', 'Second line of the file\n']
 
-An alternate approach to reading lines is to loop over the file object. This is
+An alternative approach to reading lines is to loop over the file object. This is
 memory efficient, fast, and leads to simpler code::
 
    >>> for line in f: