diff --git a/docs/source/parallel/parallel_multiengine.rst b/docs/source/parallel/parallel_multiengine.rst
index ac84651..9edb8c5 100644
--- a/docs/source/parallel/parallel_multiengine.rst
+++ b/docs/source/parallel/parallel_multiengine.rst
@@ -522,13 +522,13 @@ be collected and raise a CompositeError, as demonstrated in the next section.
 
     In [69]: from IPython.parallel import require
 
-    In [70]: @require('re'):
+    In [70]: @require('re')
        ....: def findall(pat, x):
        ....:     # re is guaranteed to be available
        ....:     return re.findall(pat, x)
           
     # you can also pass modules themselves, that you already have locally:
-    In [71]: @require(time):
+    In [71]: @require(time)
        ....: def wait(t):
        ....:     time.sleep(t)
        ....:     return t
diff --git a/docs/source/parallel/parallel_task.rst b/docs/source/parallel/parallel_task.rst
index 85ed0f3..c8432b9 100644
--- a/docs/source/parallel/parallel_task.rst
+++ b/docs/source/parallel/parallel_task.rst
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ will be assigned to another engine. If the dependency returns *anything other th
        ....: def wintask():
        ....:    do_windows_stuff()
     
-In this case, any time you apply ``mytask``, it will only run on an OSX machine.
+In this case, any time you apply ``mactask``, it will only run on an OSX machine.
 ``@depend`` is just like ``apply``, in that it has a ``@depend(f,*args,**kwargs)``
 signature.