diff --git a/Doc/distutils/examples.rst b/Doc/distutils/examples.rst
index d5918a5eb26..648063b2176 100644
--- a/Doc/distutils/examples.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/examples.rst
@@ -236,10 +236,10 @@ With exactly the same source tree layout, this extension can be put in the
 Checking a package
 ==================
 
-The ``check`` command allows you to verify if your package meta-data are
-meeting the minimum requirements to build a distribution.
+The ``check`` command allows you to verify if your package meta-data
+meet the minimum requirements to build a distribution.
 
-To run it, just call it over your :file:`setup.py` script. If something is
+To run it, just call it using your :file:`setup.py` script. If something is
 missing, ``check`` will display a warning.
 
 Let's take an example with a simple script::
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ Running the ``check`` command will display some warnings::
 
     $ python setup.py check
     running check
-    warning: check: missing required meta-data: version ,url
+    warning: check: missing required meta-data: version, url
     warning: check: missing meta-data: either (author and author_email) or
              (maintainer and maintainer_email) must be supplied
 
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/check.py b/Lib/distutils/command/check.py
index 7d56dfcf400..bc29baaba43 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/check.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/check.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class check(Command):
                 missing.append(attr)
 
         if missing:
-            self.warn("missing required meta-data: %s"  % ' ,'.join(missing))
+            self.warn("missing required meta-data: %s"  % ', '.join(missing))
         if metadata.author:
             if not metadata.author_email:
                 self.warn("missing meta-data: if 'author' supplied, " +