diff --git a/Include/unicodeobject.h b/Include/unicodeobject.h
index 58c1f55..c445ad6 100644
--- a/Include/unicodeobject.h
+++ b/Include/unicodeobject.h
@@ -2024,7 +2024,7 @@
    shutdown, all strings are released (through _PyUnicode_ClearStaticStrings).
 
    Alternatively, _Py_static_string allows to choose the variable name.
-   _PyUnicode_FromId returns a new reference to the interned string.
+   _PyUnicode_FromId returns a borrowed reference to the interned string.
    _PyObject_{Get,Set,Has}AttrId are __getattr__ versions using _Py_Identifier*.
 */
 typedef struct _Py_Identifier {
diff --git a/Objects/object.c b/Objects/object.c
index 7db60f3..51188b7 100644
--- a/Objects/object.c
+++ b/Objects/object.c
@@ -814,11 +814,10 @@
 _PyObject_GetAttrId(PyObject *v, _Py_Identifier *name)
 {
     PyObject *result;
-    PyObject *oname = _PyUnicode_FromId(name);
+    PyObject *oname = _PyUnicode_FromId(name); /* borrowed */
     if (!oname)
         return NULL;
     result = PyObject_GetAttr(v, oname);
-    Py_DECREF(oname);
     return result;
 }
 
@@ -826,11 +825,10 @@
 _PyObject_HasAttrId(PyObject *v, _Py_Identifier *name)
 {
     int result;
-    PyObject *oname = _PyUnicode_FromId(name);
+    PyObject *oname = _PyUnicode_FromId(name); /* borrowed */
     if (!oname)
         return -1;
     result = PyObject_HasAttr(v, oname);
-    Py_DECREF(oname);
     return result;
 }
 
@@ -838,11 +836,10 @@
 _PyObject_SetAttrId(PyObject *v, _Py_Identifier *name, PyObject *w)
 {
     int result;
-    PyObject *oname = _PyUnicode_FromId(name);
+    PyObject *oname = _PyUnicode_FromId(name); /* borrowed */
     if (!oname)
         return -1;
     result = PyObject_SetAttr(v, oname, w);
-    Py_DECREF(oname);
     return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index 6b60c8f..2ca1b8f 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -1716,11 +1716,10 @@
     PyObject *dict_str;
     PyObject *descr;
 
-    dict_str = _PyUnicode_FromId(&PyId___dict__);
+    dict_str = _PyUnicode_FromId(&PyId___dict__); /* borrowed */
     if (dict_str == NULL)
         return NULL;
     descr = _PyType_Lookup(type, dict_str);
-    Py_DECREF(dict_str);
     if (descr == NULL || !PyDescr_IsData(descr))
         return NULL;
 
diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 8f82502..3c14b6b 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -1723,7 +1723,6 @@
         id->next = static_strings;
         static_strings = id;
     }
-    Py_INCREF(id->object);
     return id->object;
 }
 
diff --git a/Python/_warnings.c b/Python/_warnings.c
index 5846426..2e5b0dd 100644
--- a/Python/_warnings.c
+++ b/Python/_warnings.c
@@ -666,10 +666,8 @@
 
         if ((tmp = _PyUnicode_FromId(&PyId_get_source)) == NULL)
             return NULL;
-        Py_DECREF(tmp);
         if ((tmp = _PyUnicode_FromId(&PyId_splitlines)) == NULL)
             return NULL;
-        Py_DECREF(tmp);
 
         /* Check/get the requisite pieces needed for the loader. */
         loader = PyDict_GetItemString(module_globals, "__loader__");