diff --git a/doc/source/reference/c-api.array.rst b/doc/source/reference/c-api.array.rst
index aba5f9caa86f..049c7b5379f1 100644
--- a/doc/source/reference/c-api.array.rst
+++ b/doc/source/reference/c-api.array.rst
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ From other objects
 
         Force a cast to the output type even if it cannot be done
         safely.  Without this flag, a data cast will occur only if it
-        can be done safely, otherwise an error is reaised.
+        can be done safely, otherwise an error is raised.
 
     .. c:var:: NPY_ARRAY_UPDATEIFCOPY
 
diff --git a/doc/source/reference/c-api.types-and-structures.rst b/doc/source/reference/c-api.types-and-structures.rst
index c5165fef3c6f..38f1acb60105 100644
--- a/doc/source/reference/c-api.types-and-structures.rst
+++ b/doc/source/reference/c-api.types-and-structures.rst
@@ -871,8 +871,8 @@ PyArrayIter_Type
    .. c:member:: npy_intp *PyArrayIterObject.backstrides
 
        How many bytes needed to jump from the end of a dimension back
-       to its beginning. Note that *backstrides* [k]= *strides* [k]*d
-       *ims_m1* [k], but it is stored here as an optimization.
+       to its beginning. Note that `backstrides`[k]= `strides`[k] *
+       `dims_m1`[k], but it is stored here as an optimization.
 
    .. c:member:: npy_intp *PyArrayIterObject.factors