Use "lambda expression" as preferred to "lambda form".

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
index d0d0646..8afc69e 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
@@ -535,17 +535,17 @@ function.  The annotation values are available as values of a dictionary keyed
 by the parameters' names in the :attr:`__annotations__` attribute of the
 function object.
 
-.. index:: pair: lambda; form
+.. index:: pair: lambda; expression
 
 It is also possible to create anonymous functions (functions not bound to a
-name), for immediate use in expressions.  This uses lambda forms, described in
-section :ref:`lambda`.  Note that the lambda form is merely a shorthand for a
+name), for immediate use in expressions.  This uses lambda expressions, described in
+section :ref:`lambda`.  Note that the lambda expression is merely a shorthand for a
 simplified function definition; a function defined in a ":keyword:`def`"
 statement can be passed around or assigned to another name just like a function
-defined by a lambda form.  The ":keyword:`def`" form is actually more powerful
+defined by a lambda expression.  The ":keyword:`def`" form is actually more powerful
 since it allows the execution of multiple statements and annotations.
 
-**Programmer's note:** Functions are first-class objects.  A "``def``" form
+**Programmer's note:** Functions are first-class objects.  A "``def``" statement
 executed inside a function definition defines a local function that can be
 returned or passed around.  Free variables used in the nested function can
 access the local variables of the function containing the def.  See section
diff --git a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst
index c0132bd..87a6d2e 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst
@@ -1218,8 +1218,8 @@ Conditional expressions
 
 .. productionlist::
    conditional_expression: `or_test` ["if" `or_test` "else" `expression`]
-   expression: `conditional_expression` | `lambda_form`
-   expression_nocond: `or_test` | `lambda_form_nocond`
+   expression: `conditional_expression` | `lambda_expr`
+   expression_nocond: `or_test` | `lambda_expr_nocond`
 
 Conditional expressions (sometimes called a "ternary operator") have the lowest
 priority of all Python operations.
@@ -1243,10 +1243,10 @@ Lambdas
    pair: anonymous; function
 
 .. productionlist::
-   lambda_form: "lambda" [`parameter_list`]: `expression`
-   lambda_form_nocond: "lambda" [`parameter_list`]: `expression_nocond`
+   lambda_expr: "lambda" [`parameter_list`]: `expression`
+   lambda_expr_nocond: "lambda" [`parameter_list`]: `expression_nocond`
 
-Lambda forms (lambda expressions) have the same syntactic position as
+Lambda expressions (sometimes called lambda forms) have the same syntactic position as
 expressions.  They are a shorthand to create anonymous functions; the expression
 ``lambda arguments: expression`` yields a function object.  The unnamed object
 behaves like a function object defined with ::
@@ -1255,7 +1255,8 @@ behaves like a function object defined with ::
        return expression
 
 See section :ref:`function` for the syntax of parameter lists.  Note that
-functions created with lambda forms cannot contain statements or annotations.
+functions created with lambda expressions cannot contain statements or
+annotations.
 
 
 .. _exprlists: