diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 0c5c6ef..ecd44cb 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -7300,7 +7300,7 @@
 PyDoc_STRVAR(ljust__doc__,
 "S.ljust(width[, fillchar]) -> str\n\
 \n\
-Return S left justified in a Unicode string of length width. Padding is\n\
+Return S left-justified in a Unicode string of length width. Padding is\n\
 done using the specified fill character (default is a space).");
 
 static PyObject *
@@ -7815,7 +7815,7 @@
 PyDoc_STRVAR(rjust__doc__,
 "S.rjust(width[, fillchar]) -> str\n\
 \n\
-Return S right justified in a string of length width. Padding is\n\
+Return S right-justified in a string of length width. Padding is\n\
 done using the specified fill character (default is a space).");
 
 static PyObject *
@@ -7945,7 +7945,7 @@
 \n\
 Search for the separator sep in S, and return the part before it,\n\
 the separator itself, and the part after it.  If the separator is not\n\
-found, returns S and two empty strings.");
+found, return S and two empty strings.");
 
 static PyObject*
 unicode_partition(PyUnicodeObject *self, PyObject *separator)
@@ -7958,7 +7958,7 @@
 \n\
 Search for the separator sep in S, starting at the end of S, and return\n\
 the part before it, the separator itself, and the part after it.  If the\n\
-separator is not found, returns two empty strings and S.");
+separator is not found, return two empty strings and S.");
 
 static PyObject*
 unicode_rpartition(PyUnicodeObject *self, PyObject *separator)