3 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-protocol.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-protocol.rst
index cbbc151..80c974a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-protocol.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-protocol.rst
@@ -497,6 +497,6 @@ TCP echo server example, send back received data and close the connection::
 :meth:`Transport.close` can be called immediately after
 :meth:`WriteTransport.write` even if data are not sent yet on the socket: both
 methods are asynchronous. ``yield from`` is not needed because these transport
-methods don't return coroutines.
+methods are not coroutines.
 
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-subprocess.rst
index f1f7bd9..861bcc0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-subprocess.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-subprocess.rst
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ Create a subprocess
    Run the shell command *cmd* given as a string. Return a :class:`~asyncio.subprocess.Process`
    instance.
 
-   This function returns a :ref:`coroutine object <coroutine>`.
+   This function is a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.
 
 .. function:: create_subprocess_exec(\*args, stdin=None, stdout=None, stderr=None, loop=None, limit=None, \*\*kwds)
 
    Create a subprocess. Return a :class:`~asyncio.subprocess.Process` instance.
 
-   This function returns a :ref:`coroutine object <coroutine>`.
+   This function is a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.
 
 Use the :meth:`BaseEventLoop.connect_read_pipe` and
 :meth:`BaseEventLoop.connect_write_pipe` methods to connect pipes.
diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-sync.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-sync.rst
index ceed5df..a299f09 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-sync.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-sync.rst
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Lock
       This method blocks until the lock is unlocked, then sets it to locked and
       returns ``True``.
 
-      This method returns a :ref:`coroutine object <coroutine>`.
+      This method is a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.
 
    .. method:: release()