diff --git a/Doc/library/http.server.rst b/Doc/library/http.server.rst
index 6665c93caf5..d947ed2a5be 100644
--- a/Doc/library/http.server.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/http.server.rst
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ of which this module provides three different variants:
       to create custom error logging mechanisms. The *format* argument is a
       standard printf-style format string, where the additional arguments to
       :meth:`log_message` are applied as inputs to the formatting. The client
-      address and current date and time are prefixed to every message logged.
+      ip address and current date and time are prefixed to every message logged.
 
    .. method:: version_string()
 
diff --git a/Lib/http/server.py b/Lib/http/server.py
index b6b2997fbf7..c1b0596eb80 100644
--- a/Lib/http/server.py
+++ b/Lib/http/server.py
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ class BaseHTTPRequestHandler(socketserver.StreamRequestHandler):
         specified as subsequent arguments (it's just like
         printf!).
 
-        The client host and current date/time are prefixed to
+        The client ip and current date/time are prefixed to
         every message.
 
         """