diff --git a/Doc/library/datetime.rst b/Doc/library/datetime.rst
index 217cdf222b89b7..f447b7bc9491e4 100644
--- a/Doc/library/datetime.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/datetime.rst
@@ -2375,7 +2375,7 @@ requires, and these work on all platforms with a standard C implementation.
 +-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
 | ``%U``    | Week number of the year        | 00, 01, ..., 53        | \(7), |
 |           | (Sunday as the first day of    |                        | \(9)  |
-|           | the week) as a zero padded     |                        |       |
+|           | the week) as a zero-padded     |                        |       |
 |           | decimal number. All days in a  |                        |       |
 |           | new year preceding the first   |                        |       |
 |           | Sunday are considered to be in |                        |       |
@@ -2383,10 +2383,10 @@ requires, and these work on all platforms with a standard C implementation.
 +-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
 | ``%W``    | Week number of the year        | 00, 01, ..., 53        | \(7), |
 |           | (Monday as the first day of    |                        | \(9)  |
-|           | the week) as a decimal number. |                        |       |
-|           | All days in a new year         |                        |       |
-|           | preceding the first Monday     |                        |       |
-|           | are considered to be in        |                        |       |
+|           | the week) as a zero-padded     |                        |       |
+|           | decimal number. All days in a  |                        |       |
+|           | new year preceding the first   |                        |       |
+|           | Monday are considered to be in |                        |       |
 |           | week 0.                        |                        |       |
 +-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
 | ``%c``    | Locale's appropriate date and  || Tue Aug 16 21:30:00   | \(1)  |