diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 910291f..d5aa6fe 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@
       single: UNC paths; and os.makedirs()
 
    Recursive directory creation function.  Like :func:`mkdir`, but makes all
-   intermediate-level directories needed to contain the leaf directory.  Throws
+   intermediate-level directories needed to contain the leaf directory.  Raises
    an :exc:`error` exception if the leaf directory already exists or cannot be
    created.  The default *mode* is ``0o777`` (octal).  On some systems, *mode*
    is ignored. Where it is used, the current umask value is first masked out.
diff --git a/Doc/library/parser.rst b/Doc/library/parser.rst
index b69d1b9..50b94c1 100644
--- a/Doc/library/parser.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/parser.rst
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
    will only need to be aware of the simple string values.
 
 Note that the functions :func:`compilest`, :func:`expr`, and :func:`suite` may
-raise exceptions which are normally thrown by the parsing and compilation
+raise exceptions which are normally raised by the parsing and compilation
 process.  These include the built in exceptions :exc:`MemoryError`,
 :exc:`OverflowError`, :exc:`SyntaxError`, and :exc:`SystemError`.  In these
 cases, these exceptions carry all the meaning normally associated with them.