diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/syndication.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/syndication.txt
index e467a9396b..8950153977 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/syndication.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/syndication.txt
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ request to the URL :file:`/rss/beats/0613/`:
       a 404 error for that request.
 
       .. versionadded:: 1.0
-         meth:`get_object()` can handle the :file:`/rss/beats/` url.
+         :meth:`get_object()` can handle the :file:`/rss/beats/` url.
 
       The :meth:`get_object()` method also has a chance to handle the
       :file:`/rss/beats/` url. In this case, :data:`bits` will be an
diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/fields.txt b/docs/ref/forms/fields.txt
index a143c2f1c9..b8b1a43bf6 100644
--- a/docs/ref/forms/fields.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/forms/fields.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ how they work. Each ``Field`` instance has a ``clean()`` method, which takes
 a single argument and either raises a ``django.forms.ValidationError``
 exception or returns the clean value::
 
+    >>> from django import forms
     >>> f = forms.EmailField()
     >>> f.clean('foo@example.com')
     u'foo@example.com'
diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/widgets.txt b/docs/ref/forms/widgets.txt
index c9cc292b30..364e664fc1 100644
--- a/docs/ref/forms/widgets.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/forms/widgets.txt
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ built-in Field classes.
 However, if you want to use a different widget for a field, you can -
 just use the 'widget' argument on the field definition. For example::
 
+    from django import forms
+
     class CommentForm(forms.Form):
         name = forms.CharField()
         url = forms.URLField()
diff --git a/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt b/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt
index a14f50adf0..ed94f3de9d 100644
--- a/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt
@@ -1155,7 +1155,7 @@ For example::
 
     {{ value|linebreaks }}
 
-If ``value`` is ``Joel\nis a slug``, the output will be ``<p>Joel<br>is a
+If ``value`` is ``Joel\nis a slug``, the output will be ``<p>Joel<br />is a
 slug</p>``.
 
 .. templatefilter:: linebreaksbr
diff --git a/docs/topics/serialization.txt b/docs/topics/serialization.txt
index 78bf6f5f03..2b074689d8 100644
--- a/docs/topics/serialization.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/serialization.txt
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ The Django object itself can be inspected as ``deserialized_object.object``.
 Serialization formats
 ---------------------
 
-Django "ships" with a few included serializers:
+Django supports a number of serialization formats, some of which require you
+to install third-party Python modules:
 
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