diff --git a/Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py b/Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py
index e7b048b661d..e97420b8a8d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ class XMLRPCTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
                           ('host.tld',
                            [('Authorization', 'Basic dXNlcg==')], {}))
 
+    def test_dump_bytes(self):
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, xmlrpclib.dumps, (b"my dog has fleas",))
+
     def test_ssl_presence(self):
         try:
             import ssl
@@ -177,7 +180,7 @@ class FaultTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(xmlrpclib.Fault, xmlrpclib.loads, s)
 
     def test_dotted_attribute(self):
-        # this will raise AttirebuteError because code don't want us to use
+        # this will raise AttributeError because code don't want us to use
         # private methods
         self.assertRaises(AttributeError,
                           xmlrpc.server.resolve_dotted_attribute, str, '__add')
diff --git a/Lib/xmlrpc/client.py b/Lib/xmlrpc/client.py
index 9312344b472..bd59f326fbe 100644
--- a/Lib/xmlrpc/client.py
+++ b/Lib/xmlrpc/client.py
@@ -85,11 +85,6 @@
 # OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-#
-# things to look into some day:
-
-# TODO: sort out True/False/boolean issues for Python 2.3
-
 """
 An XML-RPC client interface for Python.
 
@@ -120,8 +115,7 @@ Exported classes:
 
 Exported constants:
 
-  True
-  False
+  (none)
 
 Exported functions:
 
@@ -133,7 +127,8 @@ Exported functions:
                  name (None if not present).
 """
 
-import re, time, operator
+import base64
+import time
 import http.client
 from xml.parsers import expat
 import socket
@@ -230,7 +225,7 @@ class ResponseError(Error):
 ##
 # Indicates an XML-RPC fault response package.  This exception is
 # raised by the unmarshalling layer, if the XML-RPC response contains
-# a fault string.  This exception can also used as a class, to
+# a fault string.  This exception can also be used as a class, to
 # generate a fault XML-RPC message.
 #
 # @param faultCode The XML-RPC fault code.
@@ -243,10 +238,7 @@ class Fault(Error):
         self.faultCode = faultCode
         self.faultString = faultString
     def __repr__(self):
-        return (
-            "<Fault %s: %s>" %
-            (self.faultCode, repr(self.faultString))
-            )
+        return "<Fault %s: %r>" % (self.faultCode, self.faultString)
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Special values
@@ -352,7 +344,7 @@ class DateTime:
         return self.value
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return "<DateTime %s at %x>" % (repr(self.value), id(self))
+        return "<DateTime %r at %x>" % (self.value, id(self))
 
     def decode(self, data):
         self.value = str(data).strip()
@@ -378,9 +370,6 @@ def _datetime_type(data):
 #
 # @param data An 8-bit string containing arbitrary data.
 
-import base64
-import io
-
 class Binary:
     """Wrapper for binary data."""
 
@@ -1198,7 +1187,6 @@ class Transport:
         auth, host = urllib.parse.splituser(host)
 
         if auth:
-            import base64
             auth = urllib.parse.unquote_to_bytes(auth)
             auth = base64.encodebytes(auth).decode("utf-8")
             auth = "".join(auth.split()) # get rid of whitespace
diff --git a/Lib/xmlrpc/server.py b/Lib/xmlrpc/server.py
index 9d93b1c7fb0..72f3bfc1048 100644
--- a/Lib/xmlrpc/server.py
+++ b/Lib/xmlrpc/server.py
@@ -329,7 +329,6 @@ class SimpleXMLRPCDispatcher:
         if method is None:
             return ""
         else:
-            import pydoc
             return pydoc.getdoc(method)
 
     def system_multicall(self, call_list):
@@ -560,7 +559,7 @@ class SimpleXMLRPCServer(socketserver.TCPServer,
     Simple XML-RPC server that allows functions and a single instance
     to be installed to handle requests. The default implementation
     attempts to dispatch XML-RPC calls to the functions or instance
-    installed in the server. Override the _dispatch method inhereted
+    installed in the server. Override the _dispatch method inherited
     from SimpleXMLRPCDispatcher to change this behavior.
     """