diff --git a/docs/howto/custom-model-fields.txt b/docs/howto/custom-model-fields.txt
index 3d6eeadb61..b36b7368a8 100644
--- a/docs/howto/custom-model-fields.txt
+++ b/docs/howto/custom-model-fields.txt
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ approximately decreasing order of importance, so start from the top.
 Custom database types
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. method:: Field.db_type(self, connection)
+.. method:: Field.db_type(connection)
 
 Returns the database column data type for the :class:`~django.db.models.Field`,
 taking into account the connection object, and the settings associated with it.
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ get out of the way.
 Converting database values to Python objects
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. method:: Field.to_python(self, value)
+.. method:: Field.to_python(value)
 
 Converts a value as returned by your database (or a serializer) to a Python
 object.
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ automatically.
 Converting Python objects to query values
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. method:: Field.get_prep_value(self, value)
+.. method:: Field.get_prep_value(value)
 
 This is the reverse of :meth:`.to_python` when working with the
 database backends (as opposed to serialization). The ``value``
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ For example::
 Converting query values to database values
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. method:: Field.get_db_prep_value(self, value, connection, prepared=False)
+.. method:: Field.get_db_prep_value(value, connection, prepared=False)
 
 Some data types (for example, dates) need to be in a specific format
 before they can be used by a database backend.
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ already been passed through :meth:`.get_prep_value` conversions. When
 initial data conversions before performing any database-specific
 processing.
 
-.. method:: Field.get_db_prep_save(self, value, connection)
+.. method:: Field.get_db_prep_save(value, connection)
 
 Same as the above, but called when the Field value must be *saved* to
 the database. As the default implementation just calls
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ parameters (which is implemented by :meth:`.get_db_prep_value`).
 Preprocessing values before saving
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. method:: Field.pre_save(self, model_instance, add)
+.. method:: Field.pre_save(model_instance, add)
 
 This method is called just prior to :meth:`.get_db_prep_save` and should return
 the value of the appropriate attribute from ``model_instance`` for this field.
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ Preparing values for use in database lookups
 As with value conversions, preparing a value for database lookups is a
 two phase process.
 
-.. method:: Field.get_prep_lookup(self, lookup_type, value)
+.. method:: Field.get_prep_lookup(lookup_type, value)
 
 :meth:`.get_prep_lookup` performs the first phase of lookup preparation,
 performing generic data validity checks
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ accepted lookup types to ``exact`` and ``in``::
             else:
                 raise TypeError('Lookup type %r not supported.' % lookup_type)
 
-.. method:: Field.get_db_prep_lookup(self, lookup_type, value, connection, prepared=False)
+.. method:: Field.get_db_prep_lookup(lookup_type, value, connection, prepared=False)
 
 Performs any database-specific data conversions required by a lookup.
 As with :meth:`.get_db_prep_value`, the specific connection that will
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ prepared with :meth:`.get_prep_lookup`.
 Specifying the form field for a model field
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. method:: Field.formfield(self, form_class=None, choices_form_class=None, **kwargs)
+.. method:: Field.formfield(form_class=None, choices_form_class=None, **kwargs)
 
 Returns the default form field to use when this model field is displayed in a
 form.  This method is called by the :class:`~django.forms.ModelForm` helper.
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ fields.
 Emulating built-in field types
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. method:: Field.get_internal_type(self)
+.. method:: Field.get_internal_type()
 
 Returns a string giving the name of the :class:`~django.db.models.Field`
 subclass we are emulating at the database level. This is used to determine the
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ output in some other place, outside of Django.
 Converting field data for serialization
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. method:: Field.value_to_string(self, obj)
+.. method:: Field.value_to_string(obj)
 
 This method is used by the serializers to convert the field into a string for
 output. Calling ``Field._get_val_from_obj(obj)`` is the best way to get the
diff --git a/docs/howto/error-reporting.txt b/docs/howto/error-reporting.txt
index 54de19cef7..861b74edf7 100644
--- a/docs/howto/error-reporting.txt
+++ b/docs/howto/error-reporting.txt
@@ -250,24 +250,24 @@ following methods:
 
 .. class:: SafeExceptionReporterFilter
 
-.. method:: SafeExceptionReporterFilter.is_active(self, request)
+.. method:: SafeExceptionReporterFilter.is_active(request)
 
     Returns ``True`` to activate the filtering operated in the other methods.
     By default the filter is active if :setting:`DEBUG` is ``False``.
 
-.. method:: SafeExceptionReporterFilter.get_request_repr(self, request)
+.. method:: SafeExceptionReporterFilter.get_request_repr(request)
 
     Returns the representation string of the request object, that is, the
     value that would be returned by ``repr(request)``, except it uses the
     filtered dictionary of POST parameters as determined by
     :meth:`SafeExceptionReporterFilter.get_post_parameters`.
 
-.. method:: SafeExceptionReporterFilter.get_post_parameters(self, request)
+.. method:: SafeExceptionReporterFilter.get_post_parameters(request)
 
     Returns the filtered dictionary of POST parameters. By default it replaces
     the values of sensitive parameters with stars (`**********`).
 
-.. method:: SafeExceptionReporterFilter.get_traceback_frame_variables(self, request, tb_frame)
+.. method:: SafeExceptionReporterFilter.get_traceback_frame_variables(request, tb_frame)
 
     Returns the filtered dictionary of local variables for the given traceback
     frame. By default it replaces the values of sensitive variables with stars
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
index e53207c2b0..7fc34c96de 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
     save/delete the object, they are not for veto purposes, rather they allow
     you to perform extra operations.
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.save_model(self, request, obj, form, change)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.save_model(request, obj, form, change)
 
     The ``save_model`` method is given the ``HttpRequest``, a model instance,
     a ``ModelForm`` instance and a boolean value based on whether it is adding
@@ -1217,12 +1217,12 @@ templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
                 obj.user = request.user
                 obj.save()
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.delete_model(self, request, obj)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.delete_model(request, obj)
 
     The ``delete_model`` method is given the ``HttpRequest`` and a model
     instance. Use this method to do pre- or post-delete operations.
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.save_formset(self, request, form, formset, change)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.save_formset(request, form, formset, change)
 
     The ``save_formset`` method is given the ``HttpRequest``, the parent
     ``ModelForm`` instance and a boolean value based on whether it is adding or
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
                     instance.save()
                 formset.save_m2m()
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_ordering(self, request)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_ordering(request)
 
     The ``get_ordering`` method takes a``request`` as parameter and
     is expected to return a ``list`` or ``tuple`` for ordering similar
@@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
                 else:
                     return ['name']
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_search_results(self, request, queryset, search_term)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_search_results(request, queryset, search_term)
 
     .. versionadded:: 1.6
 
@@ -1286,7 +1286,7 @@ templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
                     pass
                 return queryset, use_distinct
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.save_related(self, request, form, formsets, change)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.save_related(request, form, formsets, change)
 
     The ``save_related`` method is given the ``HttpRequest``, the parent
     ``ModelForm`` instance, the list of inline formsets and a boolean value
@@ -1294,28 +1294,28 @@ templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
     pre- or post-save operations for objects related to the parent. Note
     that at this point the parent object and its form have already been saved.
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_readonly_fields(self, request, obj=None)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_readonly_fields(request, obj=None)
 
     The ``get_readonly_fields`` method is given the ``HttpRequest`` and the
     ``obj`` being edited (or ``None`` on an add form) and is expected to return
     a ``list`` or ``tuple`` of field names that will be displayed as read-only,
     as described above in the :attr:`ModelAdmin.readonly_fields` section.
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_prepopulated_fields(self, request, obj=None)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_prepopulated_fields(request, obj=None)
 
     The ``get_prepopulated_fields`` method is given the ``HttpRequest`` and the
     ``obj`` being edited (or ``None`` on an add form) and is expected to return
     a ``dictionary``, as described above in the :attr:`ModelAdmin.prepopulated_fields`
     section.
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_list_display(self, request)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_list_display(request)
 
     The ``get_list_display`` method is given the ``HttpRequest`` and is
     expected to return a ``list`` or ``tuple`` of field names that will be
     displayed on the changelist view as described above in the
     :attr:`ModelAdmin.list_display` section.
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_list_display_links(self, request, list_display)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_list_display_links(request, list_display)
 
     The ``get_list_display_links`` method is given the ``HttpRequest`` and
     the ``list`` or ``tuple`` returned by :meth:`ModelAdmin.get_list_display`.
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
 
         ``None`` was added as a valid ``get_list_display_links()`` return value.
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_fields(self, request, obj=None)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_fields(request, obj=None)
 
     .. versionadded:: 1.7
 
@@ -1335,20 +1335,20 @@ templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
     being edited (or ``None`` on an add form) and is expected to return a list
     of fields, as described above in the :attr:`ModelAdmin.fields` section.
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_fieldsets(self, request, obj=None)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_fieldsets(request, obj=None)
 
     The ``get_fieldsets`` method is given the ``HttpRequest`` and the ``obj``
     being edited (or ``None`` on an add form) and is expected to return a list
     of two-tuples, in which each two-tuple represents a ``<fieldset>`` on the
     admin form page, as described above in the :attr:`ModelAdmin.fieldsets` section.
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_list_filter(self, request)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_list_filter(request)
 
     The ``get_list_filter`` method is given the ``HttpRequest`` and is expected
     to return the same kind of sequence type as for the
     :attr:`~ModelAdmin.list_filter` attribute.
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_search_fields(self, request)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_search_fields(request)
 
     .. versionadded:: 1.7
 
@@ -1356,7 +1356,7 @@ templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
     to return the same kind of sequence type as for the
     :attr:`~ModelAdmin.search_fields` attribute.
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_inline_instances(self, request, obj=None)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_inline_instances(request, obj=None)
 
     The ``get_inline_instances`` method is given the ``HttpRequest`` and the
     ``obj`` being edited (or ``None`` on an add form) and is expected to return
@@ -1364,7 +1364,7 @@ templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
     objects, as described below in the :class:`~django.contrib.admin.InlineModelAdmin`
     section.
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_urls(self)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_urls()
 
     The ``get_urls`` method on a ``ModelAdmin`` returns the URLs to be used for
     that ModelAdmin in the same way as a URLconf.  Therefore you can extend
@@ -1429,7 +1429,7 @@ templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
 
         (r'^my_view/$', self.admin_site.admin_view(self.my_view, cacheable=True))
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_form(self, request, obj=None, **kwargs)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_form(request, obj=None, **kwargs)
 
     Returns a :class:`~django.forms.ModelForm` class for use in the admin add
     and change views, see :meth:`add_view` and :meth:`change_view`.
@@ -1444,7 +1444,7 @@ templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
                     self.exclude.append('field_to_hide')
                 return super(MyModelAdmin, self).get_form(request, obj, **kwargs)
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_formsets(self, request, obj=None)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_formsets(request, obj=None)
 
     .. deprecated:: 1.7
         Use :meth:`get_formsets_with_inlines()` instead.
@@ -1464,7 +1464,7 @@ templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
                         continue
                     yield inline.get_formset(request, obj)
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_formsets_with_inlines(self, request, obj=None)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_formsets_with_inlines(request, obj=None)
 
     Yields (``FormSet``, :class:`InlineModelAdmin`) pairs for use in admin add
     and change views.
@@ -1482,7 +1482,7 @@ templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
                         continue
                     yield inline.get_formset(request, obj), inline
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.formfield_for_foreignkey(self, db_field, request, **kwargs)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.formfield_for_foreignkey(db_field, request, **kwargs)
 
     The ``formfield_for_foreignkey`` method on a ``ModelAdmin`` allows you to
     override the default formfield for a foreign keys field. For example, to
@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@ templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
     This uses the ``HttpRequest`` instance to filter the ``Car`` foreign key
     field to only display the cars owned by the ``User`` instance.
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.formfield_for_manytomany(self, db_field, request, **kwargs)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.formfield_for_manytomany(db_field, request, **kwargs)
 
     Like the ``formfield_for_foreignkey`` method, the
     ``formfield_for_manytomany`` method can be overridden to change the
@@ -1512,7 +1512,7 @@ templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
                     kwargs["queryset"] = Car.objects.filter(owner=request.user)
                 return super(MyModelAdmin, self).formfield_for_manytomany(db_field, request, **kwargs)
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.formfield_for_choice_field(self, db_field, request, **kwargs)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.formfield_for_choice_field(db_field, request, **kwargs)
 
     Like the ``formfield_for_foreignkey`` and ``formfield_for_manytomany``
     methods, the ``formfield_for_choice_field`` method can be overridden to
@@ -1540,13 +1540,13 @@ templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
         a :exc:`~django.core.exceptions.ValidationError` when the model itself
         is validated before saving.
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_changelist(self, request, **kwargs)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_changelist(request, **kwargs)
 
     Returns the ``Changelist`` class to be used for listing. By default,
     ``django.contrib.admin.views.main.ChangeList`` is used. By inheriting this
     class you can change the behavior of the listing.
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_changelist_form(self, request, **kwargs)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_changelist_form(request, **kwargs)
 
     Returns a :class:`~django.forms.ModelForm` class for use in the ``Formset``
     on the changelist page. To use a custom form, for example::
@@ -1572,7 +1572,7 @@ templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
         omit the ``Meta.model`` attribute, since ``ModelAdmin`` will provide the
         correct model to use.
 
-.. method::  ModelAdmin.get_changelist_formset(self, request, **kwargs)
+.. method::  ModelAdmin.get_changelist_formset(request, **kwargs)
 
     Returns a :ref:`ModelFormSet <model-formsets>` class for use on the
     changelist page if :attr:`~ModelAdmin.list_editable` is used. To use a
@@ -1588,12 +1588,12 @@ templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
                 kwargs['formset'] = MyAdminFormSet
                 return super(MyModelAdmin, self).get_changelist_formset(request, **kwargs)
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.has_add_permission(self, request)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.has_add_permission(request)
 
     Should return ``True`` if adding an object is permitted, ``False``
     otherwise.
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.has_change_permission(self, request, obj=None)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.has_change_permission(request, obj=None)
 
     Should return ``True`` if editing obj is permitted, ``False`` otherwise.
     If obj is ``None``, should return ``True`` or ``False`` to indicate whether
@@ -1601,7 +1601,7 @@ templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
     will be interpreted as meaning that the current user is not permitted to
     edit any object of this type).
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.has_delete_permission(self, request, obj=None)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.has_delete_permission(request, obj=None)
 
     Should return ``True`` if deleting obj is permitted, ``False`` otherwise.
     If obj is ``None``, should return ``True`` or ``False`` to indicate whether
@@ -1609,7 +1609,7 @@ templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
     be interpreted as meaning that the current user is not permitted to delete
     any object of this type).
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_queryset(self, request)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_queryset(request)
 
     The ``get_queryset`` method on a ``ModelAdmin`` returns a
     :class:`~django.db.models.query.QuerySet` of all model instances that
@@ -1644,7 +1644,7 @@ templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
     Returns an instance of the paginator to use for this view. By default,
     instantiates an instance of :attr:`paginator`.
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.response_add(self, request, obj, post_url_continue=None)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.response_add(request, obj, post_url_continue=None)
 
     Determines the :class:`~django.http.HttpResponse` for the
     :meth:`add_view` stage.
@@ -1654,7 +1654,7 @@ templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
     been created and saved. You can override it to change the default behavior
     after the object has been created.
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.response_change(self, request, obj)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.response_change(request, obj)
 
     Determines the :class:`~django.http.HttpResponse` for the
     :meth:`change_view` stage.
@@ -1664,7 +1664,7 @@ templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
     been saved. You can override it to change the default
     behavior after the object has been changedn.
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.response_delete(self, request, obj_display)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.response_delete(request, obj_display)
 
     .. versionadded:: 1.7
 
@@ -1681,25 +1681,25 @@ templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
 Other methods
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.add_view(self, request, form_url='', extra_context=None)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.add_view(request, form_url='', extra_context=None)
 
     Django view for the model instance addition page. See note below.
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.change_view(self, request, object_id, form_url='', extra_context=None)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.change_view(request, object_id, form_url='', extra_context=None)
 
     Django view for the model instance edition page. See note below.
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.changelist_view(self, request, extra_context=None)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.changelist_view(request, extra_context=None)
 
     Django view for the model instances change list/actions page. See note
     below.
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.delete_view(self, request, object_id, extra_context=None)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.delete_view(request, object_id, extra_context=None)
 
     Django view for the model instance(s) deletion confirmation page. See note
     below.
 
-.. method:: ModelAdmin.history_view(self, request, object_id, extra_context=None)
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.history_view(request, object_id, extra_context=None)
 
     Django view for the page that shows the modification history for a given
     model instance.
@@ -1976,13 +1976,13 @@ The ``InlineModelAdmin`` class adds:
     Specifies whether or not inline objects can be deleted in the inline.
     Defaults to ``True``.
 
-.. method:: InlineModelAdmin.get_formset(self, request, obj=None, **kwargs)
+.. method:: InlineModelAdmin.get_formset(request, obj=None, **kwargs)
 
     Returns a :class:`~django.forms.models.BaseInlineFormSet` class for use in
     admin add/change views. See the example for
     :class:`ModelAdmin.get_formsets`.
 
-.. method:: InlineModelAdmin.get_extra(self, request, obj=None, **kwargs)
+.. method:: InlineModelAdmin.get_extra(request, obj=None, **kwargs)
 
     .. versionadded:: 1.6
 
@@ -2002,7 +2002,7 @@ The ``InlineModelAdmin`` class adds:
                     return extra - obj.binarytree_set.count()
                 return extra
 
-.. method:: InlineModelAdmin.get_max_num(self, request, obj=None, **kwargs)
+.. method:: InlineModelAdmin.get_max_num(request, obj=None, **kwargs)
 
     .. versionadded:: 1.6
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/auth.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/auth.txt
index ac78da1ece..34dcb010d5 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/auth.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/auth.txt
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ Manager methods
 
         See :ref:`Creating users <topics-auth-creating-users>` for example usage.
 
-    .. method:: create_superuser(self, username, email, password, **extra_fields)
+    .. method:: create_superuser(username, email, password, **extra_fields)
 
         Same as :meth:`create_user`, but sets :attr:`~models.User.is_staff` and
         :attr:`~models.User.is_superuser` to ``True``.
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/gdal.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/gdal.txt
index 5c57773f3e..9655b2dc5a 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/gdal.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/gdal.txt
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ systems and coordinate transformation::
    A string representing this envelope as a polygon in WKT format.
 
 
-   .. method:: expand_to_include(self, *args)
+   .. method:: expand_to_include(*args)
 
 Coordinate System Objects
 =========================
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/syndication.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/syndication.txt
index 996950ef56..81b07d9780 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/syndication.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/syndication.txt
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ into those elements.
 
   See `a complex example`_ below that uses a description template.
 
-  .. method:: Feed.get_context_data(self, **kwargs)
+  .. method:: Feed.get_context_data(**kwargs)
 
     .. versionadded:: 1.6
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/widgets.txt b/docs/ref/forms/widgets.txt
index efe947568e..f906e39125 100644
--- a/docs/ref/forms/widgets.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/forms/widgets.txt
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ foundation for custom widgets.
         The 'value' given is not guaranteed to be valid input, therefore
         subclass implementations should program defensively.
 
-    .. method:: value_from_datadict(self, data, files, name)
+    .. method:: value_from_datadict(data, files, name)
 
         Given a dictionary of data and this widget's name, returns the value
         of this widget. Returns ``None`` if a value wasn't provided.
diff --git a/docs/topics/forms/formsets.txt b/docs/topics/forms/formsets.txt
index 7fa17bead9..5b2478244d 100644
--- a/docs/topics/forms/formsets.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/forms/formsets.txt
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ As we can see, ``formset.errors`` is a list whose entries correspond to the
 forms in the formset. Validation was performed for each of the two forms, and
 the expected error message appears for the second item.
 
-.. method:: BaseFormSet.total_error_count(self)
+.. method:: BaseFormSet.total_error_count()
 
 .. versionadded:: 1.6
 
diff --git a/docs/topics/http/file-uploads.txt b/docs/topics/http/file-uploads.txt
index 94415d03c3..4a2525bffe 100644
--- a/docs/topics/http/file-uploads.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/http/file-uploads.txt
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ Required methods
 
 Custom file upload handlers **must** define the following methods:
 
-.. method:: FileUploadHandler.receive_data_chunk(self, raw_data, start)
+.. method:: FileUploadHandler.receive_data_chunk(raw_data, start)
 
     Receives a "chunk" of data from the file upload.
 
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ Custom file upload handlers **must** define the following methods:
     If you raise a ``StopUpload`` or a ``SkipFile`` exception, the upload
     will abort or the file will be completely skipped.
 
-.. method:: FileUploadHandler.file_complete(self, file_size)
+.. method:: FileUploadHandler.file_complete(file_size)
 
     Called when a file has finished uploading.
 
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ attributes:
 
     The default is 64*2\ :sup:`10` bytes, or 64 KB.
 
-.. method:: FileUploadHandler.new_file(self, field_name, file_name, content_type, content_length, charset, content_type_extra)
+.. method:: FileUploadHandler.new_file(field_name, file_name, content_type, content_length, charset, content_type_extra)
 
     Callback signaling that a new file upload is starting. This is called
     before any data has been fed to any upload handlers.
@@ -463,11 +463,11 @@ attributes:
 
         The ``content_type_extra`` parameter was added.
 
-.. method:: FileUploadHandler.upload_complete(self)
+.. method:: FileUploadHandler.upload_complete()
 
     Callback signaling that the entire upload (all files) has completed.
 
-.. method:: FileUploadHandler.handle_raw_input(self, input_data, META, content_length, boundary, encoding)
+.. method:: FileUploadHandler.handle_raw_input(input_data, META, content_length, boundary, encoding)
 
     Allows the handler to completely override the parsing of the raw
     HTTP input.
diff --git a/docs/topics/http/middleware.txt b/docs/topics/http/middleware.txt
index da3f7ce4c1..b18573f002 100644
--- a/docs/topics/http/middleware.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/http/middleware.txt
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Python class that defines one or more of the following methods:
 ``process_request``
 -------------------
 
-.. method:: process_request(self, request)
+.. method:: process_request(request)
 
 ``request`` is an :class:`~django.http.HttpRequest` object.
 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ return the result.
 ``process_view``
 ----------------
 
-.. method:: process_view(self, request, view_func, view_args, view_kwargs)
+.. method:: process_view(request, view_func, view_args, view_kwargs)
 
 ``request`` is an :class:`~django.http.HttpRequest` object. ``view_func`` is
 the Python function that Django is about to use. (It's the actual function
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ view; it'll apply response middleware to that
 ``process_template_response``
 -----------------------------
 
-.. method:: process_template_response(self, request, response)
+.. method:: process_template_response(request, response)
 
 ``request`` is an :class:`~django.http.HttpRequest` object. ``response`` is
 the :class:`~django.template.response.TemplateResponse` object (or equivalent)
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ includes ``process_template_response()``.
 ``process_response``
 --------------------
 
-.. method:: process_response(self, request, response)
+.. method:: process_response(request, response)
 
 ``request`` is an :class:`~django.http.HttpRequest` object. ``response`` is
 the :class:`~django.http.HttpResponse` or
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ must test for streaming responses and adjust their behavior accordingly::
 ``process_exception``
 ---------------------
 
-.. method:: process_exception(self, request, exception)
+.. method:: process_exception(request, exception)
 
 ``request`` is an :class:`~django.http.HttpRequest` object. ``exception`` is an
 ``Exception`` object raised by the view function.
diff --git a/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt b/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt
index a51c0e3ad8..8db371f7b6 100644
--- a/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt
@@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ your test suite.
     failure. Similar to unittest's :meth:`~unittest.TestCase.assertRaisesRegexp`
     with the difference that ``expected_message`` isn't a regular expression.
 
-.. method:: SimpleTestCase.assertFieldOutput(self, fieldclass, valid, invalid, field_args=None, field_kwargs=None, empty_value=u'')
+.. method:: SimpleTestCase.assertFieldOutput(fieldclass, valid, invalid, field_args=None, field_kwargs=None, empty_value=u'')
 
     Asserts that a form field behaves correctly with various inputs.