diff --git a/doc_src/cmds/abbr.rst b/doc_src/cmds/abbr.rst
index b749dd463..22e9e1da9 100644
--- a/doc_src/cmds/abbr.rst
+++ b/doc_src/cmds/abbr.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Synopsis
 ::
 
     abbr --add [SCOPE] WORD EXPANSION
-    abbr --erase WORD
+    abbr --erase WORD...
     abbr --rename [SCOPE] OLD_WORD NEW_WORD
     abbr --show
     abbr --list
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ The following options are available:
 
 - ``-l`` or ``--list`` Lists all abbreviated words.
 
-- ``-e WORD`` or ``--erase WORD`` Erase the abbreviation WORD.
+- ``-e WORD`` or ``--erase WORD...`` Erase the given abbreviations.
 
 - ``-q`` or ``--query`` Return 0 (true) if one of the WORDs is an abbreviation.
 
diff --git a/doc_src/cmds/set.rst b/doc_src/cmds/set.rst
index 699e0095e..fb0dc71ce 100644
--- a/doc_src/cmds/set.rst
+++ b/doc_src/cmds/set.rst
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Synopsis
     set [OPTIONS] VARIABLE_NAME VALUES...
     set [OPTIONS] VARIABLE_NAME[INDICES]... VALUES...
     set ( -q | --query ) [SCOPE_OPTIONS] VARIABLE_NAMES...
-    set ( -e | --erase ) [SCOPE_OPTIONS] VARIABLE_NAME
+    set ( -e | --erase ) [SCOPE_OPTIONS] VARIABLE_NAME...
     set ( -e | --erase ) [SCOPE_OPTIONS] VARIABLE_NAME[INDICES]...
     set ( -S | --show ) [VARIABLE_NAME]...
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ The following options control variable scope:
 
 The following options are available:
 
-- ``-e`` or ``--erase`` causes the specified shell variable to be erased
+- ``-e`` or ``--erase`` causes the specified shell variables to be erased
 
 - ``-q`` or ``--query`` test if the specified variable names are defined. Does not output anything, but the builtins exit status is the number of variables specified that were not defined.
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ In erase mode, if variable indices are specified, only the specified slices of t
 
 ``set`` requires all options to come before any other arguments. For example, ``set flags -l`` will have the effect of setting the value of the variable ``flags`` to '-l', not making the variable local.
 
-In assignment mode, ``set`` does not modify the exit status. This allows simultaneous capture of the output and exit status of a subcommand, e.g. ``if set output (command)``. In query mode, the exit status is the number of variables that were not found. In erase mode, ``set`` exits with a zero exit status in case of success, with a non-zero exit status if the commandline was invalid, if the variable was write-protected or if the variable did not exist.
+In assignment mode, ``set`` does not modify the exit status. This allows simultaneous capture of the output and exit status of a subcommand, e.g. ``if set output (command)``. In query mode, the exit status is the number of variables that were not found. In erase mode, ``set`` exits with a zero exit status in case of success, with a non-zero exit status if the commandline was invalid, if any of the variable was write-protected or if any of the variable did not exist.
 
 
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