Docs: remove redundant "adverb-adjective" hyphens from compound modifiers (GH-94551)

Discussion: https://discuss.python.org/t/slight-grammar-fix-throughout-adverbs-dont-need-hyphen/17021

29 files changed, 53 insertions, 53 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/asynchat.rst b/Doc/library/asynchat.rst
index 4eb6a79..777b707 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asynchat.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asynchat.rst
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ connection requests.
 .. method:: async_chat.push_with_producer(producer)
 
    Takes a producer object and adds it to the producer queue associated with
-   the channel.  When all currently-pushed producers have been exhausted the
+   the channel.  When all currently pushed producers have been exhausted the
    channel will consume this producer's data by calling its :meth:`more`
    method and send the data to the remote endpoint.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/custominterp.rst b/Doc/library/custominterp.rst
index 5eeced2..9ea9e90 100644
--- a/Doc/library/custominterp.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/custominterp.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ The modules described in this chapter allow writing interfaces similar to
 Python's interactive interpreter.  If you want a Python interpreter that
 supports some special feature in addition to the Python language, you should
 look at the :mod:`code` module.  (The :mod:`codeop` module is lower-level, used
-to support compiling a possibly-incomplete chunk of Python code.)
+to support compiling a possibly incomplete chunk of Python code.)
 
 The full list of modules described in this chapter is:
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/decimal.rst b/Doc/library/decimal.rst
index d052581..e7d3950 100644
--- a/Doc/library/decimal.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/decimal.rst
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 --------------
 
-The :mod:`decimal` module provides support for fast correctly-rounded
+The :mod:`decimal` module provides support for fast correctly rounded
 decimal floating point arithmetic. It offers several advantages over the
 :class:`float` datatype:
 
@@ -1371,16 +1371,16 @@ In addition to the three supplied contexts, new contexts can be created with the
       With two arguments, compute ``x**y``.  If ``x`` is negative then ``y``
       must be integral.  The result will be inexact unless ``y`` is integral and
       the result is finite and can be expressed exactly in 'precision' digits.
-      The rounding mode of the context is used. Results are always correctly-rounded
+      The rounding mode of the context is used. Results are always correctly rounded
       in the Python version.
 
       ``Decimal(0) ** Decimal(0)`` results in ``InvalidOperation``, and if ``InvalidOperation``
       is not trapped, then results in ``Decimal('NaN')``.
 
       .. versionchanged:: 3.3
-         The C module computes :meth:`power` in terms of the correctly-rounded
+         The C module computes :meth:`power` in terms of the correctly rounded
          :meth:`exp` and :meth:`ln` functions. The result is well-defined but
-         only "almost always correctly-rounded".
+         only "almost always correctly rounded".
 
       With three arguments, compute ``(x**y) % modulo``.  For the three argument
       form, the following restrictions on the arguments hold:
@@ -2151,7 +2151,7 @@ Q. Is the CPython implementation fast for large numbers?
 A. Yes.  In the CPython and PyPy3 implementations, the C/CFFI versions of
 the decimal module integrate the high speed `libmpdec
 <https://www.bytereef.org/mpdecimal/doc/libmpdec/index.html>`_ library for
-arbitrary precision correctly-rounded decimal floating point arithmetic [#]_.
+arbitrary precision correctly rounded decimal floating point arithmetic [#]_.
 ``libmpdec`` uses `Karatsuba multiplication
 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karatsuba_algorithm>`_
 for medium-sized numbers and the `Number Theoretic Transform
diff --git a/Doc/library/doctest.rst b/Doc/library/doctest.rst
index 2d50a49..75c6ee2 100644
--- a/Doc/library/doctest.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/doctest.rst
@@ -565,12 +565,12 @@ doctest decides whether actual output matches an example's expected output:
 
    When specified, doctests expecting exceptions pass so long as an exception
    of the expected type is raised, even if the details
-   (message and fully-qualified exception name) don't match.
+   (message and fully qualified exception name) don't match.
 
    For example, an example expecting ``ValueError: 42`` will pass if the actual
    exception raised is ``ValueError: 3*14``, but will fail if, say, a
    :exc:`TypeError` is raised instead.
-   It will also ignore any fully-qualified name included before the
+   It will also ignore any fully qualified name included before the
    exception class, which can vary between implementations and versions
    of Python and the code/libraries in use.
    Hence, all three of these variations will work with the flag specified:
diff --git a/Doc/library/glob.rst b/Doc/library/glob.rst
index d51fd0e..0e4cfe7 100644
--- a/Doc/library/glob.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/glob.rst
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ For example, ``'[?]'`` matches the character ``'?'``.
 .. function:: glob(pathname, *, root_dir=None, dir_fd=None, recursive=False, \
                    include_hidden=False)
 
-   Return a possibly-empty list of path names that match *pathname*, which must be
+   Return a possibly empty list of path names that match *pathname*, which must be
    a string containing a path specification. *pathname* can be either absolute
    (like :file:`/usr/src/Python-1.5/Makefile`) or relative (like
    :file:`../../Tools/\*/\*.gif`), and can contain shell-style wildcards. Broken
diff --git a/Doc/library/hmac.rst b/Doc/library/hmac.rst
index 6f1b59b..b2ca045 100644
--- a/Doc/library/hmac.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/hmac.rst
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ An HMAC object has the following methods:
 
    .. warning::
 
-      When comparing the output of :meth:`digest` to an externally-supplied
+      When comparing the output of :meth:`digest` to an externally supplied
       digest during a verification routine, it is recommended to use the
       :func:`compare_digest` function instead of the ``==`` operator
       to reduce the vulnerability to timing attacks.
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ An HMAC object has the following methods:
 
    .. warning::
 
-      When comparing the output of :meth:`hexdigest` to an externally-supplied
+      When comparing the output of :meth:`hexdigest` to an externally supplied
       digest during a verification routine, it is recommended to use the
       :func:`compare_digest` function instead of the ``==`` operator
       to reduce the vulnerability to timing attacks.
diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
index aac556e..44bf703 100644
--- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ ABC hierarchy::
         reloaded):
 
         - :attr:`__name__`
-            The module's fully-qualified name.
+            The module's fully qualified name.
             It is ``'__main__'`` for an executed module.
 
         - :attr:`__file__`
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ ABC hierarchy::
             as an indicator that the module is a package.
 
         - :attr:`__package__`
-            The fully-qualified name of the package the module is in (or the
+            The fully qualified name of the package the module is in (or the
             empty string for a top-level module).
             If the module is a package then this is the same as :attr:`__name__`.
 
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ find and load modules.
 
    (:attr:`__name__`)
 
-   The module's fully-qualified name.
+   The module's fully qualified name.
    The :term:`finder` should always set this attribute to a non-empty string.
 
    .. attribute:: loader
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ find and load modules.
 
    (:attr:`__package__`)
 
-   (Read-only) The fully-qualified name of the package the module is in (or the
+   (Read-only) The fully qualified name of the package the module is in (or the
    empty string for a top-level module).
    If the module is a package then this is the same as :attr:`name`.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/inspect.rst b/Doc/library/inspect.rst
index 154d0f5..700cd91 100644
--- a/Doc/library/inspect.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/inspect.rst
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ attributes:
 |           | co_name           | name with which this code |
 |           |                   | object was defined        |
 +-----------+-------------------+---------------------------+
-|           | co_qualname       | fully-qualified name with |
+|           | co_qualname       | fully qualified name with |
 |           |                   | which this code object    |
 |           |                   | was defined               |
 +-----------+-------------------+---------------------------+
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ Classes and functions
      doesn't have its own annotations dict, returns an empty dict.
    * All accesses to object members and dict values are done
      using ``getattr()`` and ``dict.get()`` for safety.
-   * Always, always, always returns a freshly-created dict.
+   * Always, always, always returns a freshly created dict.
 
    ``eval_str`` controls whether or not values of type ``str`` are replaced
    with the result of calling :func:`eval()` on those values:
diff --git a/Doc/library/mailbox.rst b/Doc/library/mailbox.rst
index 94d95d1..d74fc80 100644
--- a/Doc/library/mailbox.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/mailbox.rst
@@ -1510,7 +1510,7 @@ The following exception classes are defined in the :mod:`mailbox` module:
 
    Raised when some mailbox-related condition beyond the control of the program
    causes it to be unable to proceed, such as when failing to acquire a lock that
-   another program already holds a lock, or when a uniquely-generated file name
+   another program already holds a lock, or when a uniquely generated file name
    already exists.
 
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/optparse.rst b/Doc/library/optparse.rst
index 0d686b1..47e6255 100644
--- a/Doc/library/optparse.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/optparse.rst
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ help message:
   line-wrapping---\ :mod:`optparse` takes care of wrapping lines and making
   the help output look good.
 
-* options that take a value indicate this fact in their automatically-generated
+* options that take a value indicate this fact in their automatically generated
   help message, e.g. for the "mode" option::
 
      -m MODE, --mode=MODE
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ help message:
   :mod:`optparse` converts the destination variable name to uppercase and uses
   that for the meta-variable.  Sometimes, that's not what you want---for
   example, the ``--filename`` option explicitly sets ``metavar="FILE"``,
-  resulting in this automatically-generated option description::
+  resulting in this automatically generated option description::
 
      -f FILE, --filename=FILE
 
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ intelligently and add conflicting options to it::
    parser.add_option("-n", "--dry-run", ..., help="do no harm")
    parser.add_option("-n", "--noisy", ..., help="be noisy")
 
-At this point, :mod:`optparse` detects that a previously-added option is already
+At this point, :mod:`optparse` detects that a previously added option is already
 using the ``-n`` option string.  Since ``conflict_handler`` is ``"resolve"``,
 it resolves the situation by removing ``-n`` from the earlier option's list of
 option strings.  Now ``--dry-run`` is the only way for the user to activate
@@ -1460,7 +1460,7 @@ that option.  If the user asks for help, the help message will reflect that::
      ...
      -n, --noisy   be noisy
 
-It's possible to whittle away the option strings for a previously-added option
+It's possible to whittle away the option strings for a previously added option
 until there are none left, and the user has no way of invoking that option from
 the command-line.  In that case, :mod:`optparse` removes that option completely,
 so it doesn't show up in help text or anywhere else. Carrying on with our
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index baf89bf..4639a8b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -2121,7 +2121,7 @@ features:
 
    The *mode* parameter is passed to :func:`mkdir` for creating the leaf
    directory; see :ref:`the mkdir() description <mkdir_modebits>` for how it
-   is interpreted.  To set the file permission bits of any newly-created parent
+   is interpreted.  To set the file permission bits of any newly created parent
    directories you can set the umask before invoking :func:`makedirs`.  The
    file permission bits of existing parent directories are not changed.
 
@@ -2152,7 +2152,7 @@ features:
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.7
       The *mode* argument no longer affects the file permission bits of
-      newly-created intermediate-level directories.
+      newly created intermediate-level directories.
 
 
 .. function:: mkfifo(path, mode=0o666, *, dir_fd=None)
diff --git a/Doc/library/secrets.rst b/Doc/library/secrets.rst
index eda4616..86fa35f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/secrets.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/secrets.rst
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ randomness that your operating system provides.
 
 .. function:: choice(sequence)
 
-   Return a randomly-chosen element from a non-empty sequence.
+   Return a randomly chosen element from a non-empty sequence.
 
 .. function:: randbelow(n)
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ Generate an eight-character alphanumeric password:
    Applications should not
    `store passwords in a recoverable format <http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/257.html>`_,
    whether plain text or encrypted.  They should be salted and hashed
-   using a cryptographically-strong one-way (irreversible) hash function.
+   using a cryptographically strong one-way (irreversible) hash function.
 
 
 Generate a ten-character alphanumeric password with at least one
diff --git a/Doc/library/select.rst b/Doc/library/select.rst
index 46b5ff8..1c3d10e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/select.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/select.rst
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ object.
 
 .. method:: devpoll.poll([timeout])
 
-   Polls the set of registered file descriptors, and returns a possibly-empty list
+   Polls the set of registered file descriptors, and returns a possibly empty list
    containing ``(fd, event)`` 2-tuples for the descriptors that have events or
    errors to report. *fd* is the file descriptor, and *event* is a bitmask with
    bits set for the reported events for that descriptor --- :const:`POLLIN` for
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ linearly scanned again. :c:func:`select` is O(highest file descriptor), while
 
 .. method:: poll.poll([timeout])
 
-   Polls the set of registered file descriptors, and returns a possibly-empty list
+   Polls the set of registered file descriptors, and returns a possibly empty list
    containing ``(fd, event)`` 2-tuples for the descriptors that have events or
    errors to report. *fd* is the file descriptor, and *event* is a bitmask with
    bits set for the reported events for that descriptor --- :const:`POLLIN` for
diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
index e79caec..7d69c5f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ Directory and files operations
 
    When *follow_symlinks* is false, and *src* is a symbolic
    link, :func:`copy2` attempts to copy all metadata from the
-   *src* symbolic link to the newly-created *dst* symbolic link.
+   *src* symbolic link to the newly created *dst* symbolic link.
    However, this functionality is not available on all platforms.
    On platforms where some or all of this functionality is
    unavailable, :func:`copy2` will preserve all the metadata
diff --git a/Doc/library/smtpd.rst b/Doc/library/smtpd.rst
index a0d1fb0..5a7e41c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/smtpd.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/smtpd.rst
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ SMTPChannel Objects
 
    .. attribute:: fqdn
 
-      Holds the fully-qualified domain name of the server as returned by
+      Holds the fully qualified domain name of the server as returned by
       :func:`socket.getfqdn`.
 
    .. attribute:: peer
diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst
index fc8a56e..84b6d79 100644
--- a/Doc/library/socket.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ created.  Socket addresses are represented as follows:
 
 - A string or a tuple ``(id, unit)`` is used for the :const:`SYSPROTO_CONTROL`
   protocol of the :const:`PF_SYSTEM` family. The string is the name of a
-  kernel control using a dynamically-assigned ID. The tuple can be used if ID
+  kernel control using a dynamically assigned ID. The tuple can be used if ID
   and unit number of the kernel control are known or if a registered ID is
   used.
 
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ The :mod:`socket` module also offers various network-related services:
 .. function:: getnameinfo(sockaddr, flags)
 
    Translate a socket address *sockaddr* into a 2-tuple ``(host, port)``. Depending
-   on the settings of *flags*, the result can contain a fully-qualified domain name
+   on the settings of *flags*, the result can contain a fully qualified domain name
    or numeric address representation in *host*.  Similarly, *port* can contain a
    string port name or a numeric port number.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
index 33dfafd..b13d3f4 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ Connection Objects
 
       If returning a tuple doesn't suffice and you want name-based access to
       columns, you should consider setting :attr:`row_factory` to the
-      highly-optimized :class:`sqlite3.Row` type. :class:`Row` provides both
+      highly optimized :class:`sqlite3.Row` type. :class:`Row` provides both
       index-based and case-insensitive name-based access to columns with almost no
       memory overhead. It will probably be better than your own custom
       dictionary-based approach or even a db_row based solution.
diff --git a/Doc/library/struct.rst b/Doc/library/struct.rst
index 25e2620..c1888d4 100644
--- a/Doc/library/struct.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/struct.rst
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ The module defines the following exception and functions:
 
    Iteratively unpack from the buffer *buffer* according to the format
    string *format*.  This function returns an iterator which will read
-   equally-sized chunks from the buffer until all its contents have been
+   equally sized chunks from the buffer until all its contents have been
    consumed.  The buffer's size in bytes must be a multiple of the size
    required by the format, as reflected by :func:`calcsize`.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
index 4031a5f..0a996fe 100644
--- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ functions.
 
    .. warning::
 
-      For maximum reliability, use a fully-qualified path for the executable.
+      For maximum reliability, use a fully qualified path for the executable.
       To search for an unqualified name on :envvar:`PATH`, use
       :meth:`shutil.which`. On all platforms, passing :data:`sys.executable`
       is the recommended way to launch the current Python interpreter again,
@@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@ On Linux, :mod:`subprocess` defaults to using the ``vfork()`` system call
 internally when it is safe to do so rather than ``fork()``. This greatly
 improves performance.
 
-If you ever encounter a presumed highly-unusual situation where you need to
+If you ever encounter a presumed highly unusual situation where you need to
 prevent ``vfork()`` from being used by Python, you can set the
 :attr:`subprocess._USE_VFORK` attribute to a false value.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
index f9d34de..6e8baba 100644
--- a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ There are three tar formats that can be created with the :mod:`tarfile` module:
   files and stores pathnames in a portable way. Modern tar implementations,
   including GNU tar, bsdtar/libarchive and star, fully support extended *pax*
   features; some old or unmaintained libraries may not, but should treat
-  *pax* archives as if they were in the universally-supported *ustar* format.
+  *pax* archives as if they were in the universally supported *ustar* format.
   It is the current default format for new archives.
 
   It extends the existing *ustar* format with extra headers for information
diff --git a/Doc/library/tkinter.ttk.rst b/Doc/library/tkinter.ttk.rst
index d50ea99..b05799e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/tkinter.ttk.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tkinter.ttk.rst
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ methods :meth:`tkinter.Widget.cget` and :meth:`tkinter.Widget.configure`.
       Modify or inquire widget state. If *statespec* is specified, sets the
       widget state according to it and return a new *statespec* indicating
       which flags were changed. If *statespec* is not specified, returns
-      the currently-enabled state flags.
+      the currently enabled state flags.
 
    *statespec* will usually be a list or a tuple.
 
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ Notebook
 
 Ttk Notebook widget manages a collection of windows and displays a single
 one at a time. Each child window is associated with a tab, which the user
-may select to change the currently-displayed window.
+may select to change the currently displayed window.
 
 
 Options
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ of the following forms:
 * An integer between zero and the number of tabs
 * The name of a child window
 * A positional specification of the form "@x,y", which identifies the tab
-* The literal string "current", which identifies the currently-selected tab
+* The literal string "current", which identifies the currently selected tab
 * The literal string "end", which returns the number of tabs (only valid for
   :meth:`Notebook.index`)
 
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ ttk.Notebook
       Selects the specified *tab_id*.
 
       The associated child window will be displayed, and the
-      previously-selected window (if different) is unmapped. If *tab_id* is
+      previously selected window (if different) is unmapped. If *tab_id* is
       omitted, returns the widget name of the currently selected pane.
 
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/typing.rst b/Doc/library/typing.rst
index ddcdc70..fceb43a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/typing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/typing.rst
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ annotations. These include:
      *Introducing* :data:`TypeVarTuple`
 * :pep:`647`: User-Defined Type Guards
      *Introducing* :data:`TypeGuard`
-* :pep:`655`: Marking individual TypedDict items as required or potentially-missing
+* :pep:`655`: Marking individual TypedDict items as required or potentially missing
      *Introducing* :data:`Required` and :data:`NotRequired`
 * :pep:`673`: Self type
     *Introducing* :data:`Self`
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ These can be used as types in annotations using ``[]``, each having a unique syn
    as either required or non-required respectively.
 
    For more information, see :class:`TypedDict` and
-   :pep:`655` ("Marking individual TypedDict items as required or potentially-missing").
+   :pep:`655` ("Marking individual TypedDict items as required or potentially missing").
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.11
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
index 491ef02..542db1b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ involved.  For example, the :envvar:`http_proxy` environment variable is read to
 obtain the HTTP proxy's URL.
 
 This example replaces the default :class:`ProxyHandler` with one that uses
-programmatically-supplied proxy URLs, and adds proxy authorization support with
+programmatically supplied proxy URLs, and adds proxy authorization support with
 :class:`ProxyBasicAuthHandler`. ::
 
    proxy_handler = urllib.request.ProxyHandler({'http': 'http://www.example.com:3128/'})
diff --git a/Doc/library/uuid.rst b/Doc/library/uuid.rst
index ddfbbda..a71fe7a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/uuid.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/uuid.rst
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ The :mod:`uuid` module defines the following namespace identifiers for use with
 
 .. data:: NAMESPACE_DNS
 
-   When this namespace is specified, the *name* string is a fully-qualified domain
+   When this namespace is specified, the *name* string is a fully qualified domain
    name.
 
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/warnings.rst b/Doc/library/warnings.rst
index 43708f8..28579ce 100644
--- a/Doc/library/warnings.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/warnings.rst
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@ the disposition of the match.  Each entry is a tuple of the form (*action*,
   category must be a subclass in order to match.
 
 * *module* is a string containing a regular expression that the start of the
-  fully-qualified module name must match, case-sensitively.  In :option:`-W` and
+  fully qualified module name must match, case-sensitively.  In :option:`-W` and
   :envvar:`PYTHONWARNINGS`, *module* is a literal string that the
-  fully-qualified module name must be equal to (case-sensitively), ignoring any
+  fully qualified module name must be equal to (case-sensitively), ignoring any
   whitespace at the start or end of *module*.
 
 * *lineno* is an integer that the line number where the warning occurred must
diff --git a/Doc/library/wsgiref.rst b/Doc/library/wsgiref.rst
index 6a2d478..06223e6 100644
--- a/Doc/library/wsgiref.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/wsgiref.rst
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ request.  (E.g., using the :func:`shift_path_info` function from
 
    .. method:: WSGIServer.get_app()
 
-      Returns the currently-set application callable.
+      Returns the currently set application callable.
 
    Normally, however, you do not need to use these additional methods, as
    :meth:`set_app` is normally called by :func:`make_server`, and the
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ input, output, and error streams.
 
    .. method:: BaseHandler.setup_environ()
 
-      Set the :attr:`environ` attribute to a fully-populated WSGI environment.  The
+      Set the :attr:`environ` attribute to a fully populated WSGI environment.  The
       default implementation uses all of the above methods and attributes, plus the
       :meth:`get_stdin`, :meth:`get_stderr`, and :meth:`add_cgi_vars` methods and the
       :attr:`wsgi_file_wrapper` attribute.  It also inserts a ``SERVER_SOFTWARE`` key
diff --git a/Doc/library/xml.rst b/Doc/library/xml.rst
index e3b3516..20b0905 100644
--- a/Doc/library/xml.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/xml.rst
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ quadratic blowup entity expansion
   entity expansion, too. Instead of nested entities it repeats one large entity
   with a couple of thousand chars over and over again. The attack isn't as
   efficient as the exponential case but it avoids triggering parser countermeasures
-  that forbid deeply-nested entities.
+  that forbid deeply nested entities.
 
 external entity expansion
   Entity declarations can contain more than just text for replacement. They can
diff --git a/Doc/library/xmlrpc.client.rst b/Doc/library/xmlrpc.client.rst
index 8d9db53..0d9bfd5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/xmlrpc.client.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/xmlrpc.client.rst
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ between conformable Python objects and XML on the wire.
    The following parameters govern the use of the returned proxy instance.
    If *allow_none* is true,  the Python constant ``None`` will be translated into
    XML; the default behaviour is for ``None`` to raise a :exc:`TypeError`. This is
-   a commonly-used extension to the XML-RPC specification, but isn't supported by
+   a commonly used extension to the XML-RPC specification, but isn't supported by
    all clients and servers; see `http://ontosys.com/xml-rpc/extensions.php
    <https://web.archive.org/web/20130120074804/http://ontosys.com/xml-rpc/extensions.php>`_
    for a description.
diff --git a/Doc/library/zlib.rst b/Doc/library/zlib.rst
index 30eb998..ac17972 100644
--- a/Doc/library/zlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/zlib.rst
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ Decompression objects support the following methods and attributes:
    A boolean indicating whether the end of the compressed data stream has been
    reached.
 
-   This makes it possible to distinguish between a properly-formed compressed
+   This makes it possible to distinguish between a properly formed compressed
    stream, and an incomplete or truncated one.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.3