diff --git a/Doc/lib/email-unpack.py b/Doc/lib/email-unpack.py
index fc05d99..fb03e58 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/email-unpack.py
+++ b/Doc/lib/email-unpack.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         os.mkdir(opts.directory)
     except OSError, e:
         # Ignore directory exists error
-        if e.errno <> errno.EEXIST:
+        if e.errno != errno.EEXIST:
             raise
 
     fp = open(msgfile)
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex
index 95b06f8..e1993aa 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex
@@ -126,8 +126,7 @@
   \lineiii{>}{strictly greater than}{}
   \lineiii{>=}{greater than or equal}{}
   \lineiii{==}{equal}{}
-  \lineiii{!=}{not equal}{(1)}
-  \lineiii{<>}{not equal}{(1)}
+  \lineiii{!=}{not equal}
   \lineiii{is}{object identity}{}
   \lineiii{is not}{negated object identity}{}
 \end{tableiii}
@@ -136,17 +135,6 @@
 \opindex{is}
 \opindex{is not}
 
-\noindent
-Notes:
-
-\begin{description}
-
-\item[(1)]
-\code{<>} and \code{!=} are alternate spellings for the same operator.
-\code{!=} is the preferred spelling; \code{<>} is obsolescent.
-
-\end{description}
-
 Objects of different types, except different numeric types and different string types, never
 compare equal; such objects are ordered consistently but arbitrarily
 (so that sorting a heterogeneous array yields a consistent result).
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstdwin.tex b/Doc/lib/libstdwin.tex
index 84aad2f..f2278e5 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libstdwin.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libstdwin.tex
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@
 Hint: the following code tests whether you are on a machine that
 supports more than two colors:
 \begin{verbatim}
-if stdwin.fetchcolor('black') <> \
-          stdwin.fetchcolor('red') <> \
+if stdwin.fetchcolor('black') != \
+          stdwin.fetchcolor('red') != \
           stdwin.fetchcolor('white'):
     print 'color machine'
 else: