diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/staticweb.py b/swift/common/middleware/staticweb.py
index 66d1bb6b40..786aef388b 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/staticweb.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/staticweb.py
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class _StaticWebContext(WSGIContext):
         self._error, self._listings, self._listings_css and self._dir_type.
 
         :param env: The WSGI environment dict.
-        :return container_info: The container_info dict.
+        :return: The container_info dict.
         """
         self._index = self._error = self._listings = self._listings_css = \
             self._dir_type = None
diff --git a/swift/obj/mem_diskfile.py b/swift/obj/mem_diskfile.py
index ca1229e59a..1764f8a2f2 100644
--- a/swift/obj/mem_diskfile.py
+++ b/swift/obj/mem_diskfile.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class InMemoryFileSystem(object):
         Return back an file-like object and its metadata
 
         :param name: standard object name
-        :return (fp, metadata): fp is `StringIO` in-memory representation
+        :return: (fp, metadata) fp is `StringIO` in-memory representation
                                 object (or None). metadata is a dictionary
                                 of metadata (or None)
         """
diff --git a/test/probe/test_replication_servers_working.py b/test/probe/test_replication_servers_working.py
index 8062825aea..2e760fcd04 100644
--- a/test/probe/test_replication_servers_working.py
+++ b/test/probe/test_replication_servers_working.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def collect_info(path_list):
     Recursive collect dirs and files in path_list directory.
 
     :param path_list: start directory for collecting
-    :return files_list, dir_list: tuple of included
+    :return: files_list, dir_list tuple of included
     directories and files
     """
     files_list = []
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def find_max_occupancy_node(dir_list):
     Find node with maximum occupancy.
 
     :param list_dir: list of directories for each node.
-    :return number: number node in list_dir
+    :return: number number node in list_dir
     """
     count = 0
     number = 0