diff --git a/IPython/lib/latextools.py b/IPython/lib/latextools.py
index c0d646b..c3230dd 100644
--- a/IPython/lib/latextools.py
+++ b/IPython/lib/latextools.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def latex_to_png(s, encode=False, backend=None, wrap=False):
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    s : text
+    s : str
         The raw string containing valid inline LaTeX.
     encode : bool, optional
         Should the PNG data base64 encoded to make it JSON'able.
diff --git a/IPython/utils/tokenutil.py b/IPython/utils/tokenutil.py
index ab42d79..f52d3b7 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/tokenutil.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/tokenutil.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def line_at_cursor(cell, cursor_pos=0):
     Parameters
     ----------
     
-    cell: text
+    cell: str
         multiline block of text
     cursor_pos: integer
         the cursor position