2 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Objects/stringlib/transmogrify.h b/Objects/stringlib/transmogrify.h
index a314572a72..326ce14849 100644
--- a/Objects/stringlib/transmogrify.h
+++ b/Objects/stringlib/transmogrify.h
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ stringlib_replace_interleave(PyObject *self,
     assert(count > 0);
     if (to_len > (PY_SSIZE_T_MAX - self_len) / count) {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError,
-                        "replace bytes are too long");
+                        "replace bytes is too long");
         return NULL;
     }
     result_len = count * to_len + self_len;
diff --git a/Objects/stringlib/unicode_format.h b/Objects/stringlib/unicode_format.h
index 14fa28ea54..7ac0d75166 100644
--- a/Objects/stringlib/unicode_format.h
+++ b/Objects/stringlib/unicode_format.h
@@ -60,10 +60,8 @@ SubString_init(SubString *str, PyObject *s, Py_ssize_t start, Py_ssize_t end)
 Py_LOCAL_INLINE(PyObject *)
 SubString_new_object(SubString *str)
 {
-    if (str->str == NULL) {
-        Py_INCREF(Py_None);
-        return Py_None;
-    }
+    if (str->str == NULL)
+        Py_RETURN_NONE;
     return PyUnicode_Substring(str->str, str->start, str->end);
 }