diff --git a/Doc/c-api/memory.rst b/Doc/c-api/memory.rst
index c2e2442..bd0bc12 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/memory.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/memory.rst
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
 :c:func:`PyMem_RawRealloc` for allocations larger than 512 bytes.
 
 *pymalloc* is the default allocator of the :c:data:`PYMEM_DOMAIN_OBJ` domain
-(:c:func:`PyObject_Malloc` & cie).
+(ex: :c:func:`PyObject_Malloc`).
 
 The arena allocator uses the following functions:
 
diff --git a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
index 7ff9361..c1c700c 100644
--- a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
@@ -628,12 +628,12 @@
    Set the family of memory allocators used by Python:
 
    * ``malloc``: use the :c:func:`malloc` function of the C library
-     for all Python memory allocators (:c:func:`PyMem_RawMalloc`,
-     :c:func:`PyMem_Malloc`, :c:func:`PyObject_Malloc` & cie).
+     for all Python memory allocators (ex: :c:func:`PyMem_RawMalloc`,
+     :c:func:`PyMem_Malloc` and :c:func:`PyObject_Malloc`).
    * ``pymalloc``: :c:func:`PyObject_Malloc`, :c:func:`PyObject_Calloc` and
      :c:func:`PyObject_Realloc` use the :ref:`pymalloc allocator <pymalloc>`.
-     Other Python memory allocators (:c:func:`PyMem_RawMalloc`,
-     :c:func:`PyMem_Malloc` & cie) use :c:func:`malloc`.
+     Other Python memory allocators (ex: :c:func:`PyMem_RawMalloc` and
+     :c:func:`PyMem_Malloc`) use :c:func:`malloc`.
 
    Install debug hooks: