diff --git a/Doc/library/curses.ascii.rst b/Doc/library/curses.ascii.rst
index 9ae82c14465538..8f8e3ddda8ef52 100644
--- a/Doc/library/curses.ascii.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/curses.ascii.rst
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ C library:
 
 .. function:: isgraph(c)
 
-   Checks for ASCII any printable character except space.
+   Checks for any ASCII printable character except space.
 
 
 .. function:: islower(c)
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ C library:
 
 .. function:: ispunct(c)
 
-   Checks for any printable ASCII character which is not a space or an alphanumeric
+   Checks for any ASCII printable character which is not a space or an alphanumeric
    character.