diff --git a/docs/topics/db/sql.txt b/docs/topics/db/sql.txt
index 1b806ca42f0..9245037d59d 100644
--- a/docs/topics/db/sql.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/db/sql.txt
@@ -105,13 +105,13 @@ Index lookups
 ``raw()`` supports indexing, so if you need only the first result you can
 write::
 
-    >>> first_person = Person.objects.raw('SELECT * from myapp_person')[0]
+    >>> first_person = Person.objects.raw('SELECT * FROM myapp_person')[0]
 
 However, the indexing and slicing are not performed at the database level. If
 you have a large number of ``Person`` objects in your database, it is more
 efficient to limit the query at the SQL level::
 
-    >>> first_person = Person.objects.raw('SELECT * from myapp_person LIMIT 1')[0]
+    >>> first_person = Person.objects.raw('SELECT * FROM myapp_person LIMIT 1')[0]
 
 Deferring model fields
 ----------------------
@@ -274,11 +274,11 @@ names, which means you end up with a ``list`` of values, rather than a
 
 Here is an example of the difference between the two::
 
-    >>> cursor.execute("SELECT id, parent_id from test LIMIT 2");
+    >>> cursor.execute("SELECT id, parent_id FROM test LIMIT 2");
     >>> cursor.fetchall()
     ((54360982L, None), (54360880L, None))
 
-    >>> cursor.execute("SELECT id, parent_id from test LIMIT 2");
+    >>> cursor.execute("SELECT id, parent_id FROM test LIMIT 2");
     >>> dictfetchall(cursor)
     [{'parent_id': None, 'id': 54360982L}, {'parent_id': None, 'id': 54360880L}]