diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 06ec7da14eb..844b5f26d8d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ as internal buffering of data.
    If *offset_src* is None, then *src* is read from the current position;
    respectively for *offset_dst*.
 
-   In Linux kernel older than 5.3, the files pointed by *src* and *dst*
+   In Linux kernel older than 5.3, the files pointed to by *src* and *dst*
    must reside in the same filesystem, otherwise an :exc:`OSError` is
    raised with :attr:`~OSError.errno` set to :const:`errno.EXDEV`.
 
@@ -1720,7 +1720,7 @@ or `the MSDN <https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z0kc8e3z.aspx>`_ on Windo
    At least one of the file descriptors must refer to a pipe. If *offset_src*
    is None, then *src* is read from the current position; respectively for
    *offset_dst*. The offset associated to the file descriptor that refers to a
-   pipe must be ``None``. The files pointed by *src* and *dst* must reside in
+   pipe must be ``None``. The files pointed to by *src* and *dst* must reside in
    the same filesystem, otherwise an :exc:`OSError` is raised with
    :attr:`~OSError.errno` set to :const:`errno.EXDEV`.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
index 542d2886477..331acfce3af 100644
--- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ Directory and files operations
    be copied as far as the platform allows; if false or omitted, the contents
    and metadata of the linked files are copied to the new tree.
 
-   When *symlinks* is false, if the file pointed by the symlink doesn't
+   When *symlinks* is false, if the file pointed to by the symlink doesn't
    exist, an exception will be added in the list of errors raised in
    an :exc:`Error` exception at the end of the copy process.
    You can set the optional *ignore_dangling_symlinks* flag to true if you
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ Directory and files operations
    called.  If no *cmd* would be called, return ``None``.
 
    *mode* is a permission mask passed to :func:`os.access`, by default
-   determining if the file exists and executable.
+   determining if the file exists and is executable.
 
    *path* is a "``PATH`` string" specifying the lookup directory list. When no
    *path* is specified, the results of :func:`os.environ` are used, returning
diff --git a/Lib/pathlib/__init__.py b/Lib/pathlib/__init__.py
index f03f317ef6c..8eecf2cefb7 100644
--- a/Lib/pathlib/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/pathlib/__init__.py
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ def is_junction(self):
     def open(self, mode='r', buffering=-1, encoding=None,
              errors=None, newline=None):
         """
-        Open the file pointed by this path and return a file object, as
+        Open the file pointed to by this path and return a file object, as
         the built-in open() function does.
         """
         if "b" not in mode:
diff --git a/Lib/pathlib/_abc.py b/Lib/pathlib/_abc.py
index 05698d5de24..c7e8e2f68ed 100644
--- a/Lib/pathlib/_abc.py
+++ b/Lib/pathlib/_abc.py
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ def samefile(self, other_path):
     def open(self, mode='r', buffering=-1, encoding=None,
              errors=None, newline=None):
         """
-        Open the file pointed by this path and return a file object, as
+        Open the file pointed to by this path and return a file object, as
         the built-in open() function does.
         """
         raise UnsupportedOperation(self._unsupported_msg('open()'))
diff --git a/Lib/shutil.py b/Lib/shutil.py
index 910d6b6c63a..c9b4da34b1e 100644
--- a/Lib/shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/shutil.py
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ def copytree(src, dst, symlinks=False, ignore=None, copy_function=copy2,
     If the optional symlinks flag is true, symbolic links in the
     source tree result in symbolic links in the destination tree; if
     it is false, the contents of the files pointed to by symbolic
-    links are copied. If the file pointed by the symlink doesn't
+    links are copied. If the file pointed to by the symlink doesn't
     exist, an exception will be added in the list of errors raised in
     an Error exception at the end of the copy process.