diff --git a/docs/lib.md b/docs/lib.md
index 83b73f2e..220859f4 100644
--- a/docs/lib.md
+++ b/docs/lib.md
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ parsers without this API:
 
 Parameters:
 
-    parser_mod_name:    (string or)  name of the parser module. This
+    parser_mod_name:    (string or   name of the parser module. This
                         Module)      function will accept module_name,
                                      cli-name, and --argument-name
                                      variants of the module name.
diff --git a/jc/lib.py b/jc/lib.py
index dba72df8..71fa05b4 100644
--- a/jc/lib.py
+++ b/jc/lib.py
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ def parse(
 
     Parameters:
 
-        parser_mod_name:    (string or)  name of the parser module. This
+        parser_mod_name:    (string or   name of the parser module. This
                             Module)      function will accept module_name,
                                          cli-name, and --argument-name
                                          variants of the module name.