diff --git a/Doc/library/ast.rst b/Doc/library/ast.rst
index e21151b..d84c841 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ast.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ast.rst
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@
    the pattern matches the subject.
 
    ``body`` contains a list of nodes to execute if the pattern matches and
-   the result of evaluating the guard expression is truthy.
+   the result of evaluating the guard expression is true.
 
    .. doctest::
 
diff --git a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
index 25abc1b..41719be 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
@@ -585,8 +585,8 @@
 #. If the pattern succeeds, the corresponding guard (if present) is evaluated. In
    this case all name bindings are guaranteed to have happened.
 
-   * If the guard evaluates as truthy or missing, the ``block`` inside ``case_block`` is
-     executed.
+   * If the guard evaluates as true or is missing, the ``block`` inside
+     ``case_block`` is executed.
 
    * Otherwise, the next ``case_block`` is attempted as described above.
 
@@ -637,10 +637,10 @@
 
 #. If the pattern succeeded, evaluate the ``guard``.
 
-   * If the ``guard`` condition evaluates to "truthy", the case block is
+   * If the ``guard`` condition evaluates as true, the case block is
      selected.
 
-   * If the ``guard`` condition evaluates to "falsy", the case block is not
+   * If the ``guard`` condition evaluates as false, the case block is not
      selected.
 
    * If the ``guard`` raises an exception during evaluation, the exception
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_builtin.py b/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
index bd8353d..6dc4fa5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
@@ -1861,7 +1861,7 @@ def test_warning_notimplemented(self):
         # be evaluated in a boolean context (virtually all such use cases
         # are a result of accidental misuse implementing rich comparison
         # operations in terms of one another).
-        # For the time being, it will continue to evaluate as truthy, but
+        # For the time being, it will continue to evaluate as a true value, but
         # issue a deprecation warning (with the eventual intent to make it
         # a TypeError).
         self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning, bool, NotImplemented)