diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 194a0c4d760..7378d2e5aa4 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ Files and Directories
       single: UNC paths; and os.makedirs()
 
    Recursive directory creation function.  Like :func:`mkdir`, but makes all
-   intermediate-level directories needed to contain the leaf directory.  Throws an
+   intermediate-level directories needed to contain the leaf directory.  Raises an
    :exc:`error` exception if the leaf directory already exists or cannot be
    created.  The default *mode* is ``0777`` (octal).  On some systems, *mode* is
    ignored. Where it is used, the current umask value is first masked out.
diff --git a/Doc/library/parser.rst b/Doc/library/parser.rst
index 9049c825cb5..c46aeae7ee2 100644
--- a/Doc/library/parser.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/parser.rst
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ function for information about the exceptions it can raise.
    will only need to be aware of the simple string values.
 
 Note that the functions :func:`compilest`, :func:`expr`, and :func:`suite` may
-raise exceptions which are normally thrown by the parsing and compilation
+raise exceptions which are normally raised by the parsing and compilation
 process.  These include the built in exceptions :exc:`MemoryError`,
 :exc:`OverflowError`, :exc:`SyntaxError`, and :exc:`SystemError`.  In these
 cases, these exceptions carry all the meaning normally associated with them.