diff --git a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
index 71116e6d876..7874415f520 100644
--- a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ directories.
    errors are ignored (apart from being reported to ``sys.stdout`` if *verbose* is
    true).
 
-**\*\*** Some of this could be replaced with the shutil module? **\*\***
+.. XXX Some of this could be replaced with the shutil module?
 
 
 :mod:`distutils.file_util` --- Single file operations
@@ -1328,8 +1328,7 @@ provides the following additional features:
   the "negative alias" of :option:`--verbose`, then :option:`--quiet` on the
   command line sets *verbose* to false.
 
-**\*\*** Should be replaced with :mod:`optik` (which is also now known as
-:mod:`optparse` in Python 2.3 and later). **\*\***
+.. XXX Should be replaced with :mod:`optparse`.
 
 
 .. function:: fancy_getopt(options, negative_opt, object, args)
diff --git a/Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst b/Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst
index ade5dfa561d..8615cbb243a 100644
--- a/Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ commands.
 Creating dumb built distributions
 =================================
 
-**\*\*** Need to document absolute vs. prefix-relative packages here, but first
-I have to implement it! **\*\***
+.. XXX Need to document absolute vs. prefix-relative packages here, but first
+       I have to implement it!
 
 
 .. _creating-rpms:
diff --git a/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst b/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst
index 06d3e9fd995..b63e2094ca4 100644
--- a/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ However, you can also include SWIG interface (:file:`.i`) files in the list; the
 SWIG on the interface file and compile the resulting C/C++ file into your
 extension.
 
-**\*\*** SWIG support is rough around the edges and largely untested! **\*\***
+.. XXX SWIG support is rough around the edges and largely untested!
 
 This warning notwithstanding, options to SWIG can be currently passed like
 this::
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ include the location in ``library_dirs``::
 (Again, this sort of non-portable construct should be avoided if you intend to
 distribute your code.)
 
-**\*\*** Should mention clib libraries here or somewhere else! **\*\***
+.. XXX Should mention clib libraries here or somewhere else!
 
 
 Other options
diff --git a/Doc/distutils/sourcedist.rst b/Doc/distutils/sourcedist.rst
index b45515d8d91..9febd106220 100644
--- a/Doc/distutils/sourcedist.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/sourcedist.rst
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ source distribution:
   :option:`packages` options
 
 * all C source files mentioned in the :option:`ext_modules` or
-  :option:`libraries` options (
+  :option:`libraries` options
 
-  **\*\*** getting C library sources currently broken---no
-  :meth:`get_source_files` method in :file:`build_clib.py`! **\*\***)
+  .. XXX Getting C library sources is currently broken -- no
+     :meth:`get_source_files` method in :file:`build_clib.py`!
 
 * scripts identified by the :option:`scripts` option
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index ff0004e8f4e..a70a29de1c9 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -399,8 +399,9 @@ available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
    iterable if function(item)]`` if function is not ``None`` and ``[item for item
    in iterable if item]`` if function is ``None``.
 
-   See :func:`itertools.ifilterfalse` for the complementary function that returns
-   elements of *iterable* for which *function* returns false.
+   See :func:`itertools.ifilter` and :func:`itertools.ifilterfalse` for iterator
+   versions of this function, including a variation that filters for elements
+   where the *function* returns false.
 
 
 .. function:: float([x])
diff --git a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
index ae9c88f7f86..b41d2444a5f 100644
--- a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ source.
 
 .. cmdoption:: -c <command>
 
-   Execute the Python code in *command*.  *command* can be one ore more
+   Execute the Python code in *command*.  *command* can be one or more
    statements separated by newlines, with significant leading whitespace as in
    normal module code.