diff --git a/Doc/library/dbm.rst b/Doc/library/dbm.rst
index b4f83d454ac651..ff80c38b19855d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/dbm.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/dbm.rst
@@ -204,8 +204,7 @@ or any other SQLite browser, including the SQLite CLI.
 The :mod:`dbm.gnu` module provides an interface to the :abbr:`GDBM (GNU dbm)`
 library, similar to the :mod:`dbm.ndbm` module, but with additional
 functionality like crash tolerance.
-
-.. note:: |incompat_note|
+|incompat_note|
 
 .. exception:: error
 
@@ -313,8 +312,7 @@ The :mod:`dbm.ndbm` module provides an interface to the
 :abbr:`NDBM (New Database Manager)` library.
 This module can be used with the "classic" NDBM interface or the
 :abbr:`GDBM (GNU dbm)` compatibility interface.
-
-.. note:: |incompat_note|
+|incompat_note|
 
 .. warning::