diff --git a/git/repo/base.py b/git/repo/base.py
@@ -485,15 +485,15 @@ def tree(self, rev=None):
    def iter_commits(self, rev=None, paths='', **kwargs):
        """A list of Commit objects representing the history of a given ref/commit

-        :parm rev:
            revision specifier, see git-rev-parse for viable options.
            If None, the active branch will be used.

-        :parm paths:
            is an optional path or a list of paths to limit the returned commits to
            Commits that do not contain that path or the paths will not be returned.

-        :parm kwargs:
            Arguments to be passed to git-rev-list - common ones are
            max_count and skip

@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ def _get_alternates(self):
    def _set_alternates(self, alts):
        """Sets the alternates

-        :parm alts:
            is the array of string paths representing the alternates at which
            git should look for objects, i.e. /home/user/repo/.git/objects

@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ def blame_incremental(self, rev, file, **kwargs):
        Unlike .blame(), this does not return the actual file's contents, only
        a stream of BlameEntry tuples.

-        :parm rev: revision specifier, see git-rev-parse for viable options.
        :return: lazy iterator of BlameEntry tuples, where the commit
                 indicates the commit to blame for the line, and range
                 indicates a span of line numbers in the resulting file.
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ def blame_incremental(self, rev, file, **kwargs):
    def blame(self, rev, file, incremental=False, **kwargs):
        """The blame information for the given file at the given revision.

-        :parm rev: revision specifier, see git-rev-parse for viable options.
        :return:
            list: [git.Commit, list: [<line>]]
            A list of tuples associating a Commit object with a list of lines that
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ def init(cls, path=None, mkdir=True, odbt=GitCmdObjectDB, expand_vars=True, **kw
            or None in which case the repository will be created in the current
            working directory

-        :parm mkdir:
            if specified will create the repository directory if it doesn't
            already exists. Creates the directory with a mode=0755.
            Only effective if a path is explicitly given
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ def init(cls, path=None, mkdir=True, odbt=GitCmdObjectDB, expand_vars=True, **kw
            can lead to information disclosure, allowing attackers to
            access the contents of environment variables

-        :parm kwargs:
            keyword arguments serving as additional options to the git-init command

        :return: ``git.Repo`` (the newly created repo)"""
@@ -984,10 +984,10 @@ def clone_from(cls, url, to_path, progress=None, env=None, **kwargs):
    def archive(self, ostream, treeish=None, prefix=None, **kwargs):
        """Archive the tree at the given revision.

-        :parm ostream: file compatible stream object to which the archive will be written as bytes
-        :parm treeish: is the treeish name/id, defaults to active branch
-        :parm prefix: is the optional prefix to prepend to each filename in the archive
-        :parm kwargs: Additional arguments passed to git-archive

            * Use the 'format' argument to define the kind of format. Use
              specialized ostreams to write any format supported by python.

diff --git a/git/util.py b/git/util.py
@@ -802,11 +802,11 @@ class BlockingLockFile(LockFile):
    def __init__(self, file_path, check_interval_s=0.3, max_block_time_s=MAXSIZE):
        """Configure the instance

-        :parm check_interval_s:
            Period of time to sleep until the lock is checked the next time.
            By default, it waits a nearly unlimited time

-        :parm max_block_time_s: Maximum amount of seconds we may lock"""
        super(BlockingLockFile, self).__init__(file_path)
        self._check_interval = check_interval_s
        self._max_block_time = max_block_time_s