diff --git a/Lib/pickletools.py b/Lib/pickletools.py
index c9366c8ce3ea1fd..cc15540e554bfe6 100644
--- a/Lib/pickletools.py
+++ b/Lib/pickletools.py
@@ -1048,9 +1048,7 @@ def __init__(self, name, code, arg,
       stack_before=[],
       stack_after=[pybool],
       proto=2,
-      doc="""True.
-
-      Push True onto the stack."""),
+      doc="Push True onto the stack."),
 
     I(name='NEWFALSE',
       code='\x89',
@@ -1058,9 +1056,7 @@ def __init__(self, name, code, arg,
       stack_before=[],
       stack_after=[pybool],
       proto=2,
-      doc="""True.
-
-      Push False onto the stack."""),
+      doc="Push False onto the stack."),
 
     # Ways to spell Unicode strings.