diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/__init__.py b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/__init__.py
index 401b157df3..d77605fafa 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/__init__.py
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ def create_menu_action(self, menu, unique_name, text, icon=None, shortcut=None,
             an UUID to it.
         :param text: The text of the action.
         :param icon: Either a QIcon or a file name. The file name is passed to
-            the I() builtin, so you do not need to pass the full path to the images
+            the QIcon.ic() builtin, so you do not need to pass the full path to the images
             folder.
         :param shortcut: A string, a list of strings, None or False. If False,
             no keyboard shortcut is registered for this action. If None, a keyboard
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/proceed.py b/src/calibre/gui2/proceed.py
index ef2269c397..0251638bdf 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/proceed.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/proceed.py
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ def __call__(self, callback, payload, html_log, log_viewer_title, title,
         :param focus_action: If True, the action button will be focused instead of the Yes button
         :param show_det: If True, the Detailed message will be shown initially
         :param show_ok: If True, OK will be shown instead of YES/NO
-        :param icon: The icon to be used for this popop (defaults to question mark). Can be either a QIcon or a string to be used with I()
+        :param icon: The icon to be used for this popop (defaults to question mark). Can be either a QIcon or a string to be used with QIcon.ic()
         :log_viewer_unique_name: If set, ViewLog will remember/reuse its size for this name in calibre.gui2.gprefs
         '''
         question = Question(