diff --git a/Doc/library/logging.rst b/Doc/library/logging.rst
index 206b5f6a9fc..097927837d8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/logging.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/logging.rst
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ with the :mod:`warnings` module.
    If *capture* is ``True``, warnings issued by the :mod:`warnings` module will
    be redirected to the logging system. Specifically, a warning will be
    formatted using :func:`warnings.formatwarning` and the resulting string
-   logged to a logger named ``'py.warnings'`` with a severity of ``'WARNING'``.
+   logged to a logger named ``'py.warnings'`` with a severity of :const:`WARNING`.
 
    If *capture* is ``False``, the redirection of warnings to the logging system
    will stop, and warnings will be redirected to their original destinations
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_sdist.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_sdist.py
index fd71dac8d6e..1ba2a1a6a9a 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_sdist.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_sdist.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import warnings
 import zipfile
 from os.path import join
 from textwrap import dedent
+from test.support import captured_stdout, check_warnings, run_unittest
 
 try:
     import zlib
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     ZLIB_SUPPORT = False
 
-from test.support import captured_stdout, check_warnings, run_unittest
 
 from distutils.command.sdist import sdist, show_formats
 from distutils.core import Distribution
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ class SDistTestCase(PyPIRCCommandTestCase):
         # filling data_files by pointing files in package_data
         dist.package_data = {'somecode': ['*.txt']}
         self.write_file((self.tmp_dir, 'somecode', 'doc.txt'), '#')
+        cmd.formats = ['gztar']
         cmd.ensure_finalized()
         cmd.run()
 
diff --git a/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c b/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c
index e04691703cb..9aad479e5b3 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(module_doc,
 "\n"
 "At the top of the I/O hierarchy is the abstract base class IOBase. It\n"
 "defines the basic interface to a stream. Note, however, that there is no\n"
-"seperation between reading and writing to streams; implementations are\n"
+"separation between reading and writing to streams; implementations are\n"
 "allowed to throw an IOError if they do not support a given operation.\n"
 "\n"
 "Extending IOBase is RawIOBase which deals simply with the reading and\n"
diff --git a/Modules/_io/textio.c b/Modules/_io/textio.c
index 890a356cc03..79c64baeeff 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/textio.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/textio.c
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(textiowrapper_doc,
     "enabled.  With this enabled, on input, the lines endings '\\n', '\\r',\n"
     "or '\\r\\n' are translated to '\\n' before being returned to the\n"
     "caller. Conversely, on output, '\\n' is translated to the system\n"
-    "default line seperator, os.linesep. If newline is any other of its\n"
+    "default line separator, os.linesep. If newline is any other of its\n"
     "legal values, that newline becomes the newline when the file is read\n"
     "and it is returned untranslated. On output, '\\n' is converted to the\n"
     "newline.\n"