diff --git a/Objects/stringobject.c b/Objects/stringobject.c
index 4b2eed5..f8f6cef 100644
--- a/Objects/stringobject.c
+++ b/Objects/stringobject.c
@@ -3137,7 +3137,7 @@
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(replace__doc__,
-"S.replace (old, new[, count]) -> string\n\
+"S.replace(old, new[, count]) -> string\n\
 \n\
 Return a copy of string S with all occurrences of substring\n\
 old replaced by new.  If the optional argument count is\n\
diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 47249cb..392d8fd 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -7339,7 +7339,7 @@
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(replace__doc__,
-             "S.replace (old, new[, count]) -> unicode\n\
+             "S.replace(old, new[, count]) -> unicode\n\
 \n\
 Return a copy of S with all occurrences of substring\n\
 old replaced by new.  If the optional argument count is\n\