diff --git a/Lib/formatter.py b/Lib/formatter.py
index 109d66cac61..261090c8371 100644
--- a/Lib/formatter.py
+++ b/Lib/formatter.py
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ class AbstractFormatter:
     def add_flowing_data(self, data):
         if not data: return
         # The following looks a bit convoluted but is a great improvement over
-        # data = regsub.gsub('[' + string.whitespace + ']+', ' ', data)
         prespace = data[:1].isspace()
         postspace = data[-1:].isspace()
         data = " ".join(data.split())
diff --git a/Lib/string.py b/Lib/string.py
index 7c0e001a79a..ba85a498354 100644
--- a/Lib/string.py
+++ b/Lib/string.py
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ del l
 # Functions which aren't available as string methods.
 
 # Capitalize the words in a string, e.g. " aBc  dEf " -> "Abc Def".
-# See also regsub.capwords().
 def capwords(s, sep=None):
     """capwords(s, [sep]) -> string
 
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ def maketrans(fromstr, tostr):
     return ''.join(L)
 
 
-
+
 ####################################################################
 import re as _re
 
@@ -205,7 +204,7 @@ class Template:
         return self.pattern.sub(convert, self.template)
 
 
-
+
 ####################################################################
 # NOTE: Everything below here is deprecated.  Use string methods instead.
 # This stuff will go away in Python 3.0.
diff --git a/Lib/stringold.py b/Lib/stringold.py
index dd2d584f703..213a04cce7b 100644
--- a/Lib/stringold.py
+++ b/Lib/stringold.py
@@ -363,7 +363,6 @@ def capitalize(s):
     return s.capitalize()
 
 # Capitalize the words in a string, e.g. " aBc  dEf " -> "Abc Def".
-# See also regsub.capwords().
 def capwords(s, sep=None):
     """capwords(s, [sep]) -> string