diff --git a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
index 64f04232774..18844dd7679 100644
--- a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ the full reference.
 
 .. class:: Extension
 
-   The Extension class describes a single C or C++extension module in a setup
+   The Extension class describes a single C or C++ extension module in a setup
    script. It accepts the following keyword arguments in its constructor
 
    .. tabularcolumns:: |l|L|l|
diff --git a/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst b/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst
index b5ba9eb2d39..6b82c40546c 100644
--- a/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ The second argument to the :class:`~distutils.core.Extension` constructor is
 a list of source
 files.  Since the Distutils currently only support C, C++, and Objective-C
 extensions, these are normally C/C++/Objective-C source files.  (Be sure to use
-appropriate extensions to distinguish C++\ source files: :file:`.cc` and
+appropriate extensions to distinguish C++ source files: :file:`.cc` and
 :file:`.cpp` seem to be recognized by both Unix and Windows compilers.)
 
 However, you can also include SWIG interface (:file:`.i`) files in the list; the