diff --git a/Doc/library/argparse.rst b/Doc/library/argparse.rst
--- a/Doc/library/argparse.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/argparse.rst
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@
     >>> parser.add_argument('--str', dest='types', action='append_const', const=str)
     >>> parser.add_argument('--int', dest='types', action='append_const', const=int)
     >>> parser.parse_args('--str --int'.split())
-    Namespace(types=[<type 'str'>, <type 'int'>])
+    Namespace(types=[<class 'str'>, <class 'int'>])
 
 * ``'version'`` - This expects a ``version=`` keyword argument in the
   :meth:`~ArgumentParser.add_argument` call, and prints version information
diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -2808,8 +2808,6 @@
    The name of the class or type.
 
 
-The following attributes are only supported by :term:`new-style class`\ es.
-
 .. attribute:: class.__mro__
 
    This attribute is a tuple of classes that are considered when looking for
@@ -2825,12 +2823,12 @@
 
 .. method:: class.__subclasses__
 
-   Each new-style class keeps a list of weak references to its immediate
-   subclasses.  This method returns a list of all those references still alive.
+   Each class keeps a list of weak references to its immediate subclasses.  This
+   method returns a list of all those references still alive.
    Example::
 
       >>> int.__subclasses__()
-      [<type 'bool'>]
+      [<class 'bool'>]
 
 
 .. rubric:: Footnotes