diff --git a/Doc/library/re.rst b/Doc/library/re.rst
index 9db6f1da3be4db..c95b88b97ddf10 100644
--- a/Doc/library/re.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/re.rst
@@ -1808,7 +1808,7 @@ one as :func:`search` does.  For example, if a writer wanted to
 find all of the adverbs in some text, they might use :func:`findall` in
 the following manner::
 
-   >>> text = "He was carefully disguised but captured quickly by police."
+   >>> text = "He was carefully disguised but found quickly by police."
    >>> re.findall(r"\w+ly\b", text)
    ['carefully', 'quickly']
 
@@ -1822,11 +1822,11 @@ instead of strings.  Continuing with the previous example, if a writer wanted
 to find all of the adverbs *and their positions* in some text, they would use
 :func:`finditer` in the following manner::
 
-   >>> text = "He was carefully disguised but captured quickly by police."
+   >>> text = "He was carefully disguised but found quickly by police."
    >>> for m in re.finditer(r"\w+ly\b", text):
    ...     print('%02d-%02d: %s' % (m.start(), m.end(), m.group(0)))
    07-16: carefully
-   40-47: quickly
+   37-44: quickly
 
 
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