diff --git a/pygit2/index.py b/pygit2/index.py
index 1a04cbf..45b37a6 100644
--- a/pygit2/index.py
+++ b/pygit2/index.py
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ class IndexEntry(object):
         self.id = object_id
         """The id of the referenced object"""
         self.mode = mode
-        """The mode of this entry, a GIT_FILEMODE_ value"""
+        """The mode of this entry, a GIT_FILEMODE_* value"""
 
     @property
     def oid(self):
diff --git a/src/repository.c b/src/repository.c
index 5d1c533..a4a4b1d 100644
--- a/src/repository.c
+++ b/src/repository.c
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(Repository_merge_analysis__doc__,
   "them into the HEAD of the repository\n"
   "\n"
   "The first returned value is a mixture of the GIT_MERGE_ANALYSIS_NONE, _NORMAL,\n"
-  " _UP_TO_DATE, _FASTFORWARD and _UNBORN flags.\n"
+  "_UP_TO_DATE, _FASTFORWARD and _UNBORN flags.\n"
   "The second value is the user's preference from 'merge.ff'");
 
 PyObject *