diff --git a/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst b/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
index 1aedd7bed1ff89..feca7a92e27165 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ APIs:
    Fail if *fill_char* is bigger than the string maximum character, or if the
    string has more than 1 reference.
 
-   Return the number of written character, or return ``-1`` and raise an
+   Return the number of written characters, or return ``-1`` and raise an
    exception on error.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ These are the UTF-8 codec APIs:
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.7
-      The return type is now ``const char *`` rather of ``char *``.
+      The return type is now ``const char *`` rather than ``char *``.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.10
       This function is a part of the :ref:`limited API <limited-c-api>`.
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ These are the UTF-8 codec APIs:
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.7
-      The return type is now ``const char *`` rather of ``char *``.
+      The return type is now ``const char *`` rather than ``char *``.
 
 
 UTF-32 Codecs