diff --git a/Lib/http/client.py b/Lib/http/client.py
index 5d2196dd79af9d..1c7f4639db5888 100644
--- a/Lib/http/client.py
+++ b/Lib/http/client.py
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ def send(self, data):
             print("send:", repr(data))
         if hasattr(data, "read") :
             if self.debuglevel > 0:
-                print("sendIng a read()able")
+                print("sending a readable")
             encode = self._is_textIO(data)
             if encode and self.debuglevel > 0:
                 print("encoding file using iso-8859-1")
@@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ def _output(self, s):
 
     def _read_readable(self, readable):
         if self.debuglevel > 0:
-            print("sendIng a read()able")
+            print("reading a readable")
         encode = self._is_textIO(readable)
         if encode and self.debuglevel > 0:
             print("encoding file using iso-8859-1")