diff --git a/python/doc/api.rst b/python/doc/api.rst
index f032e7215..fc5dcd4b7 100644
--- a/python/doc/api.rst
+++ b/python/doc/api.rst
@@ -37,16 +37,3 @@ Message
 .. autoclass:: deltachat.message.Message
     :members:
 
-MessageType
-------------
-
-.. autoclass:: deltachat.message.MessageType
-    :members:
-
-MessageState
-------------
-
-.. autoclass:: deltachat.message.MessageState
-    :members:
-
-
diff --git a/python/doc/examples.rst b/python/doc/examples.rst
index d2cc19f6a..1074a0fb8 100644
--- a/python/doc/examples.rst
+++ b/python/doc/examples.rst
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ Playing around on the commandline
 ----------------------------------
 
 Once you have :doc:`installed deltachat bindings <install>`
-you can start playing from the python interpreter commandline::
-
+you can start playing from the python interpreter commandline.
 For example you can type ``python`` and then::
 
     # instantiate and configure deltachat account