diff --git a/Doc/library/curses.ascii.rst b/Doc/library/curses.ascii.rst
index 4910954b7784b0d..1b72948fe5cf3cd 100644
--- a/Doc/library/curses.ascii.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/curses.ascii.rst
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ C library:
 
 .. function:: isgraph(c)
 
-   Checks for ASCII any printable character except space.
+   Checks for any ASCII printable character except space.
 
 
 .. function:: islower(c)
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ 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.