docs updates

docs/user/quickstart.rst

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Begin by importing the Requests module::
     >>> import requests
 
 Now, let's try to get a webpage. For this example, let's get GitHub's public
-timeline ::
+timeline::
 
     >>> r = requests.get('https://api.github.com/events')
 
@@ -148,11 +148,11 @@ There's also a builtin JSON decoder, in case you're dealing with JSON data::
     >>> r.json()
     [{u'repository': {u'open_issues': 0, u'url': 'https://github.com/...
 
-In case the JSON decoding fails, ``r.json`` raises an exception. For example, if
+In case the JSON decoding fails, ``r.json()`` raises an exception. For example, if
 the response gets a 204 (No Content), or if the response contains invalid JSON,
-attempting ``r.json`` raises ``ValueError: No JSON object could be decoded``.
+attempting ``r.json()`` raises ``ValueError: No JSON object could be decoded``.
 
-It should be noted that the success of the call to ``r.json`` does **not**
+It should be noted that the success of the call to ``r.json()`` does **not**
 indicate the success of the response. Some servers may return a JSON object in a
 failed response (e.g. error details with HTTP 500). Such JSON will be decoded
 and returned. To check that a request is successful, use
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ HEAD.
 
 We can use the ``history`` property of the Response object to track redirection.
 
-The :meth:`Response.history <requests.Response.history>` list contains the
+The :attr:`Response.history <requests.Response.history>` list contains the
 :class:`Response <requests.Response>` objects that were created in order to
 complete the request. The list is sorted from the oldest to the most recent
 response.
@@ -504,20 +504,20 @@ Errors and Exceptions
 ---------------------
 
 In the event of a network problem (e.g. DNS failure, refused connection, etc),
-Requests will raise a :class:`~requests.exceptions.ConnectionError` exception.
+Requests will raise a :exc:`~requests.exceptions.ConnectionError` exception.
 
 :meth:`Response.raise_for_status() <requests.Response.raise_for_status>` will
-raise an :class:`~requests.exceptions.HTTPError` if the HTTP request
+raise an :exc:`~requests.exceptions.HTTPError` if the HTTP request
 returned an unsuccessful status code.
 
-If a request times out, a :class:`~requests.exceptions.Timeout` exception is
+If a request times out, a :exc:`~requests.exceptions.Timeout` exception is
 raised.
 
 If a request exceeds the configured number of maximum redirections, a
-:class:`~requests.exceptions.TooManyRedirects` exception is raised.
+:exc:`~requests.exceptions.TooManyRedirects` exception is raised.
 
 All exceptions that Requests explicitly raises inherit from
-:class:`requests.exceptions.RequestException`.
+:exc:`requests.exceptions.RequestException`.
 
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