diff --git a/doc/en/skipping.rst b/doc/en/skipping.rst
index 57f565472e5..2b654560e10 100644
--- a/doc/en/skipping.rst
+++ b/doc/en/skipping.rst
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ Skipping on a missing import dependency
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 You can skip tests on a missing import by using :ref:`pytest.importorskip ref`
-at module level or within a test or test setup function.
+at module level, within a test, or test setup function.
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
diff --git a/src/_pytest/outcomes.py b/src/_pytest/outcomes.py
index 13eb0a295e7..94713662571 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/outcomes.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/outcomes.py
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ def importorskip(
     current test if the module cannot be imported.
 
     :param str modname: the name of the module to import
-    :param str minversion: if given, the imported module ``__version__``
+    :param str minversion: if given, the imported module's ``__version__``
         attribute must be at least this minimal version, otherwise the test is
         still skipped.
     :param str reason: if given, this reason is shown as the message when the
diff --git a/src/_pytest/pytester.py b/src/_pytest/pytester.py
index d9ceb0e7867..94058f70cba 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/pytester.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/pytester.py
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ def mkpydir(self, name):
     def copy_example(self, name=None):
         """Copy file from project's directory into the testdir.
 
-        :param str name: The name of the file for copy.
+        :param str name: The name of the file to copy.
         :return: path to the copied directory (inside ``self.tmpdir``).
 
         """