diff --git a/docs/howto/static-files.txt b/docs/howto/static-files.txt
index 9e6511a743..f93a4e9ba4 100644
--- a/docs/howto/static-files.txt
+++ b/docs/howto/static-files.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ How to do it
 
 Here's the formal definition of the :func:`~django.views.static.serve` view:
 
-.. function:: def serve(request, path, document_root, show_indexes=False):
+.. function:: def serve(request, path, document_root, show_indexes=False)
 
 To use it, just put this in your :ref:`URLconf <topics-http-urls>`::
 
diff --git a/docs/topics/pagination.txt b/docs/topics/pagination.txt
index 4cb2fec565..70f087bd84 100644
--- a/docs/topics/pagination.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/pagination.txt
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ them both with a simple ``except InvalidPage``.
 ``Page`` objects
 ================
 
-.. class:: Page(object_list, number, paginator):
+.. class:: Page(object_list, number, paginator)
 
 You usually won't construct :class:`Pages <Page>` by hand -- you'll get them
 using :meth:`Paginator.page`.