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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/utilities.rst b/Doc/c-api/utilities.rst
index 65adf31..f2a2c74 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/utilities.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/utilities.rst
@@ -302,9 +302,9 @@
:func:`compile`, load the module. Return a new reference to the module object,
or *NULL* with an exception set if an error occurred. Before Python 2.4, the
module could still be created in error cases. Starting with Python 2.4, *name*
- is removed from ``sys.modules`` in error cases, and even if *name* was already
- in ``sys.modules`` on entry to :cfunc:`PyImport_ExecCodeModule`. Leaving
- incompletely initialized modules in ``sys.modules`` is dangerous, as imports of
+ is removed from :attr:`sys.modules` in error cases, and even if *name* was already
+ in :attr:`sys.modules` on entry to :cfunc:`PyImport_ExecCodeModule`. Leaving
+ incompletely initialized modules in :attr:`sys.modules` is dangerous, as imports of
such modules have no way to know that the module object is an unknown (and
probably damaged with respect to the module author's intents) state.
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
structures not already created will still not be created.
.. versionchanged:: 2.4
- *name* is removed from ``sys.modules`` in error cases.
+ *name* is removed from :attr:`sys.modules` in error cases.
.. cfunction:: long PyImport_GetMagicNumber()