diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst
index f5ca0d9c8dc..3ac1031bbed 100644
--- a/Doc/glossary.rst
+++ b/Doc/glossary.rst
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Glossary
 
    dictionary
       An associative array, where arbitrary keys are mapped to values.  The keys
-      can be any object with :meth:`__hash__` function and :meth:`__eq__`
+      can be any object with :meth:`__hash__` method and :meth:`__eq__`
       methods. Called a hash in Perl.
 
    docstring
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ast.py b/Lib/test/test_ast.py
index b809d24c007..e11246c66ad 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ast.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ast.py
@@ -200,9 +200,6 @@ class AST_Tests(unittest.TestCase):
         with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):
             x.vararg
 
-        with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):
-            x.foobar = 21
-
         with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):
             ast.AST(lineno=2)