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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/os.rst2
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/parser.rst2
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 194a0c4..7378d2e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ Files and Directories
single: UNC paths; and os.makedirs()
Recursive directory creation function. Like :func:`mkdir`, but makes all
- intermediate-level directories needed to contain the leaf directory. Throws an
+ intermediate-level directories needed to contain the leaf directory. Raises an
:exc:`error` exception if the leaf directory already exists or cannot be
created. The default *mode* is ``0777`` (octal). On some systems, *mode* is
ignored. Where it is used, the current umask value is first masked out.
diff --git a/Doc/library/parser.rst b/Doc/library/parser.rst
index 9049c82..c46aeae 100644
--- a/Doc/library/parser.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/parser.rst
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ function for information about the exceptions it can raise.
will only need to be aware of the simple string values.
Note that the functions :func:`compilest`, :func:`expr`, and :func:`suite` may
-raise exceptions which are normally thrown by the parsing and compilation
+raise exceptions which are normally raised by the parsing and compilation
process. These include the built in exceptions :exc:`MemoryError`,
:exc:`OverflowError`, :exc:`SyntaxError`, and :exc:`SystemError`. In these
cases, these exceptions carry all the meaning normally associated with them.