diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index 3ff28849025..f0f374771b0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
 .. function:: filter(function, iterable)
 
    Construct an iterator from those elements of *iterable* for which *function*
-   returns true.  *iterable* may be either a sequence, a container which
+   is true.  *iterable* may be either a sequence, a container which
    supports iteration, or an iterator.  If *function* is ``None``, the identity
    function is assumed, that is, all elements of *iterable* that are false are
    removed.
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
    ``None``.
 
    See :func:`itertools.filterfalse` for the complementary function that returns
-   elements of *iterable* for which *function* returns false.
+   elements of *iterable* for which *function* is false.
 
 
 .. class:: float(x=0.0)
diff --git a/Doc/library/itertools.rst b/Doc/library/itertools.rst
index 8d83d92660d..95da7166842 100644
--- a/Doc/library/itertools.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/itertools.rst
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ loops that truncate the stream.
 .. function:: filterfalse(predicate, iterable)
 
    Make an iterator that filters elements from iterable returning only those for
-   which the predicate is ``False``. If *predicate* is ``None``, return the items
+   which the predicate is false. If *predicate* is ``None``, return the items
    that are false. Roughly equivalent to::
 
       def filterfalse(predicate, iterable):
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ which incur interpreter overhead.
        return next(g, True) and not next(g, False)
 
    def quantify(iterable, pred=bool):
-       "Count how many times the predicate is true"
+       "Count how many times the predicate is True"
        return sum(map(pred, iterable))
 
    def ncycles(iterable, n):