diff --git a/docs/handbook/image-file-formats.rst b/docs/handbook/image-file-formats.rst
index 3daa75c96..d7fa89b2d 100644
--- a/docs/handbook/image-file-formats.rst
+++ b/docs/handbook/image-file-formats.rst
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ image formats, EXIF data is not guaranteed to be present in
 :py:attr:`~PIL.Image.Image.info` until :py:meth:`~PIL.Image.Image.load` has been
 called.
 
-The :py:meth:`~PIL.Image.Image.open` method sets the following
+The :py:func:`~PIL.Image.open` function sets the following
 :py:attr:`~PIL.Image.Image.info` properties, when appropriate:
 
 **chromaticity**
diff --git a/docs/handbook/tutorial.rst b/docs/handbook/tutorial.rst
index 76c0fa83f..b24a6eb4b 100644
--- a/docs/handbook/tutorial.rst
+++ b/docs/handbook/tutorial.rst
@@ -453,8 +453,8 @@ If everything goes well, the result is an :py:class:`PIL.Image.Image` object.
 Otherwise, an :exc:`OSError` exception is raised.
 
 You can use a file-like object instead of the filename. The object must
-implement :py:meth:`~file.read`, :py:meth:`~file.seek` and
-:py:meth:`~file.tell` methods, and be opened in binary mode.
+implement ``file.read``, ``file.seek`` and ``file.tell`` methods,
+and be opened in binary mode.
 
 Reading from an open file
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/docs/handbook/writing-your-own-file-decoder.rst b/docs/handbook/writing-your-own-file-decoder.rst
index 2a546b0c6..c73ad9cab 100644
--- a/docs/handbook/writing-your-own-file-decoder.rst
+++ b/docs/handbook/writing-your-own-file-decoder.rst
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ The fields are used as follows:
 
 The **raw mode** field is used to determine how the data should be unpacked to
 match PIL’s internal pixel layout. PIL supports a large set of raw modes; for a
-complete list, see the table in the :py:mod:`Unpack.c` module. The following
+complete list, see the table in the :file:`Unpack.c` module. The following
 table describes some commonly used **raw modes**:
 
 +-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
diff --git a/docs/reference/ImageFont.rst b/docs/reference/ImageFont.rst
index b3c3cce57..fc61cac13 100644
--- a/docs/reference/ImageFont.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/ImageFont.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 The :py:mod:`~PIL.ImageFont` module defines a class with the same name. Instances of
 this class store bitmap fonts, and are used with the
-:py:meth:`PIL.ImageDraw.Draw.text` method.
+:py:meth:`PIL.ImageDraw.ImageDraw.text` method.
 
 PIL uses its own font file format to store bitmap fonts. You can use the
 :command:`pilfont` utility from
diff --git a/src/PIL/Image.py b/src/PIL/Image.py
index c1419744a..7c1fb0cb8 100644
--- a/src/PIL/Image.py
+++ b/src/PIL/Image.py
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ class Image:
         :param encoder_name: What encoder to use.  The default is to
                              use the standard "raw" encoder.
         :param args: Extra arguments to the encoder.
-        :rtype: A bytes object.
+        :returns: A :py:class:`bytes` object.
         """
 
         # may pass tuple instead of argument list
@@ -2352,10 +2352,10 @@ class Image:
           object::
 
             class Example(Image.ImageTransformHandler):
-                def transform(size, method, data, resample, fill=1):
+                def transform(self, size, data, resample, fill=1):
                     # Return result
 
-          It may also be an object with a :py:meth:`~method.getdata` method
+          It may also be an object with a ``method.getdata`` method
           that returns a tuple supplying new **method** and **data** values::
 
             class Example:
@@ -2847,8 +2847,8 @@ def open(fp, mode="r"):
     :py:func:`~PIL.Image.new`. See :ref:`file-handling`.
 
     :param fp: A filename (string), pathlib.Path object or a file object.
-       The file object must implement :py:meth:`~file.read`,
-       :py:meth:`~file.seek`, and :py:meth:`~file.tell` methods,
+       The file object must implement ``file.read``,
+       ``file.seek`, and ``file.tell`` methods,
        and be opened in binary mode.
     :param mode: The mode.  If given, this argument must be "r".
     :returns: An :py:class:`~PIL.Image.Image` object.
diff --git a/src/PIL/ImageChops.py b/src/PIL/ImageChops.py
index c1a2574e4..9fccedcb2 100644
--- a/src/PIL/ImageChops.py
+++ b/src/PIL/ImageChops.py
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ def logical_xor(image1, image2):
 
 def blend(image1, image2, alpha):
     """Blend images using constant transparency weight. Alias for
-    :py:meth:`PIL.Image.Image.blend`.
+    :py:func:`PIL.Image.blend`.
 
     :rtype: :py:class:`~PIL.Image.Image`
     """
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ def blend(image1, image2, alpha):
 
 def composite(image1, image2, mask):
     """Create composite using transparency mask. Alias for
-    :py:meth:`PIL.Image.Image.composite`.
+    :py:func:`PIL.Image.composite`.
 
     :rtype: :py:class:`~PIL.Image.Image`
     """