bpo-33892: Doc: Use gender neutral words (GH-7770)

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/re.rst b/Doc/library/re.rst
index b5a8883..75119a0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/re.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/re.rst
@@ -1450,8 +1450,8 @@ Finding all Adverbs
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 :func:`findall` matches *all* occurrences of a pattern, not just the first
-one as :func:`search` does.  For example, if one was a writer and wanted to
-find all of the adverbs in some text, he or she might use :func:`findall` in
+one as :func:`search` does.  For example, if a writer wanted to
+find all of the adverbs in some text, they might use :func:`findall` in
 the following manner::
 
    >>> text = "He was carefully disguised but captured quickly by police."
@@ -1465,8 +1465,8 @@ Finding all Adverbs and their Positions
 If one wants more information about all matches of a pattern than the matched
 text, :func:`finditer` is useful as it provides :ref:`match objects
 <match-objects>` instead of strings.  Continuing with the previous example, if
-one was a writer who wanted to find all of the adverbs *and their positions* in
-some text, he or she would use :func:`finditer` in the following manner::
+a writer wanted to find all of the adverbs *and their positions* in
+some text, they would use :func:`finditer` in the following manner::
 
    >>> text = "He was carefully disguised but captured quickly by police."
    >>> for m in re.finditer(r"\w+ly", text):