diff --git a/src/instance.rs b/src/instance.rs
index ad5d2083d63..fd937e5d1bc 100644
--- a/src/instance.rs
+++ b/src/instance.rs
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ impl<T> Py<T> {
         unsafe { ffi::Py_None() == self.as_ptr() }
     }
 
-    /// Returns whether the object is an Ellipsis, e.g. `...`.
+    /// Returns whether the object is Ellipsis, e.g. `...`.
     ///
     /// This is equivalent to the Python expression `self is ...`.
     pub fn is_ellipsis(&self) -> bool {
diff --git a/src/types/any.rs b/src/types/any.rs
index 5ea2e052d0a..6b3cd7a0be0 100644
--- a/src/types/any.rs
+++ b/src/types/any.rs
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ impl PyAny {
         unsafe { ffi::Py_None() == self.as_ptr() }
     }
 
-    /// Returns whether the object is an Ellipsis, e.g. `...`.
+    /// Returns whether the object is Ellipsis, e.g. `...`.
     ///
     /// This is equivalent to the Python expression `self is ...`.
     pub fn is_ellipsis(&self) -> bool {