diff --git a/Doc/library/http.client.rst b/Doc/library/http.client.rst
index dd7a0c459accaf..00d76cc2bda7b8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/http.client.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/http.client.rst
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ statement.
    .. deprecated:: 3.9
       Deprecated in favor of :attr:`~HTTPResponse.headers`.
 
-.. method:: HTTPResponse.getstatus()
+.. method:: HTTPResponse.getcode()
 
    .. deprecated:: 3.9
       Deprecated in favor of :attr:`~HTTPResponse.status`.
diff --git a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
index 9c2c37a5c9a7fa..7659d802b3617e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
@@ -1619,7 +1619,7 @@ The typical response object is a :class:`urllib.response.addinfourl` instance:
       .. deprecated:: 3.9
          Deprecated in favor of :attr:`~addinfourl.status`.
 
-   .. method:: getstatus()
+   .. method:: getcode()
 
       .. deprecated:: 3.9
          Deprecated in favor of :attr:`~addinfourl.status`.