diff --git a/pep-0582.rst b/pep-0582.rst
index 36a0281ba04..6ce6977f309 100644
--- a/pep-0582.rst
+++ b/pep-0582.rst
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ depend on the Python implementation name, as mentioned in the
 ``sysconfig._INSTALL_SCHEMES['posix_prefix']`` dictionary.
 
 For invoking a script, Python will try to find a ``__pypackages__`` inside of
-the directory that the script resides[1]_, ``/usr/bin``.  The same will happen
+the directory that the script resides [1]_, ``/usr/bin``.  The same will happen
 in case of the last example, where we are executing ``/usr/bin/ansible`` from
 inside of the ``foo`` directory. In both cases, it will **not** use the
 ``__pypackages__`` in the current working directory.
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ install will be local by default. The trainer can then just keep telling them to
 use ``python3`` without any activation step, etc.
 
 
-.. [1]_: In the case of symlinks, it is the directory where the actual script
+.. [1] In the case of symlinks, it is the directory where the actual script
    resides, not the symlink pointing to the script