diff --git a/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst b/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst
index 322f991de8cd16..0e5c281a329605 100644
--- a/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ Functions
    given.  Returns an element instance, representing a processing instruction.
 
    Note that :class:`XMLParser` skips over processing instructions
-   in the input instead of creating comment objects for them. An
+   in the input instead of creating PI objects for them. An
    :class:`ElementTree` will only contain processing instruction nodes if
    they have been inserted into to the tree using one of the
    :class:`Element` methods.
@@ -1298,8 +1298,8 @@ TreeBuilder Objects
 
    .. method:: pi(target, text)
 
-      Creates a comment with the given *target* name and *text*.  If
-      ``insert_pis`` is true, this will also add it to the tree.
+      Creates a process instruction with the given *target* name and *text*.
+      If ``insert_pis`` is true, this will also add it to the tree.
 
       .. versionadded:: 3.8