diff --git a/docs/howto/custom-model-fields.txt b/docs/howto/custom-model-fields.txt
index 9ff52ccfdc..6bfd71773f 100644
--- a/docs/howto/custom-model-fields.txt
+++ b/docs/howto/custom-model-fields.txt
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ card values plus their suits; 104 characters in total.
     you want your fields to be more strict about the options they select, or to
     use the simpler, more permissive behavior of the current fields.
 
-.. method:: Field.__init__
+.. method:: Field.__init__()
 
 The :meth:`~django.db.models.Field.__init__` method takes the following
 parameters:
diff --git a/docs/howto/custom-template-tags.txt b/docs/howto/custom-template-tags.txt
index d7f760faaf..a225bf6bd4 100644
--- a/docs/howto/custom-template-tags.txt
+++ b/docs/howto/custom-template-tags.txt
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ your function. Example:
 Registering custom filters
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. method:: django.template.Library.filter
+.. method:: django.template.Library.filter()
 
 Once you've written your filter definition, you need to register it with
 your ``Library`` instance, to make it available to Django's template language:
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ are described in :ref:`filters and auto-escaping <filters-auto-escaping>` and
 Template filters that expect strings
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. method:: django.template.defaultfilters.stringfilter
+.. method:: django.template.defaultfilters.stringfilter()
 
 If you're writing a template filter that only expects a string as the first
 argument, you should use the decorator ``stringfilter``. This will
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ cannot resolve the string passed to it in the current context of the page.
 Simple tags
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. method:: django.template.Library.simple_tag
+.. method:: django.template.Library.simple_tag()
 
 Many template tags take a number of arguments -- strings or template variables
 -- and return a string after doing some processing based solely on
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/comments/moderation.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/comments/moderation.txt
index a7138dda53..dcd8b79f01 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/comments/moderation.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/comments/moderation.txt
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ models with an instance of the subclass.
     :func:`moderator.unregister` methods detailed above, the following methods
     on :class:`Moderator` can be overridden to achieve customized behavior:
 
-    .. method:: connect
+    .. method:: connect()
 
         Determines how moderation is set up globally. The base
         implementation in
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/formtools/form-preview.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/formtools/form-preview.txt
index 011e72c2e0..3c891e2f9a 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/formtools/form-preview.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/formtools/form-preview.txt
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ default templates.
 Advanced ``FormPreview`` methods
 ================================
 
-.. method:: FormPreview.process_preview
+.. method:: FormPreview.process_preview()
 
     Given a validated form, performs any extra processing before displaying the
     preview page, and saves any extra data in context.
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/formtools/form-wizard.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/formtools/form-wizard.txt
index 18586eda68..b2bcad68f9 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/formtools/form-wizard.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/formtools/form-wizard.txt
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ Here's a full example template:
 Hooking the wizard into a URLconf
 ---------------------------------
 
-.. method:: WizardView.as_view
+.. method:: WizardView.as_view()
 
 Finally, we need to specify which forms to use in the wizard, and then
 deploy the new :class:`WizardView` object at a URL in the ``urls.py``. The
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/gdal.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/gdal.txt
index dd4498cca1..3f26606ae5 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/gdal.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/gdal.txt
@@ -459,19 +459,19 @@ systems and coordinate transformation::
 
    Constructs a :class:`Polygon` from the given bounding-box (a 4-tuple).
 
-   .. method:: __len__
+   .. method:: __len__()
 
    Returns the number of points in a :class:`LineString`, the
    number of rings in a :class:`Polygon`, or the number of geometries in a
    :class:`GeometryCollection`. Not applicable to other geometry types.
 
-   .. method:: __iter__
+   .. method:: __iter__()
 
    Iterates over the points in a :class:`LineString`, the rings in a
    :class:`Polygon`, or the geometries in a :class:`GeometryCollection`.
    Not applicable to other geometry types.
 
-   .. method:: __getitem__
+   .. method:: __getitem__()
 
    Returns the point at the specified index for a :class:`LineString`, the
    interior ring at the specified index for a :class:`Polygon`, or the geometry
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ systems and coordinate transformation::
    Returns ``True`` if this geometry overlaps the other, otherwise returns
    ``False``.
 
-   .. method:: boundary
+   .. method:: boundary()
 
    The boundary of this geometry, as a new :class:`OGRGeometry` object.
 
@@ -686,22 +686,22 @@ systems and coordinate transformation::
    The smallest convex polygon that contains this geometry, as a new
    :class:`OGRGeometry` object.
 
-   .. method:: difference
+   .. method:: difference()
 
    Returns the region consisting of the difference of this geometry and
    the other, as a new :class:`OGRGeometry` object.
 
-   .. method:: intersection
+   .. method:: intersection()
 
    Returns the region consisting of the intersection of this geometry and
    the other, as a new :class:`OGRGeometry` object.
 
-   .. method:: sym_difference
+   .. method:: sym_difference()
 
    Returns the region consisting of the symmetric difference of this
    geometry and the other, as a new :class:`OGRGeometry` object.
 
-   .. method:: union
+   .. method:: union()
 
    Returns the region consisting of the union of this geometry and
    the other, as a new :class:`OGRGeometry` object.
diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/api.txt b/docs/ref/forms/api.txt
index e6b0d3e6ee..98c6d91853 100644
--- a/docs/ref/forms/api.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/forms/api.txt
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ a form object, and each rendering method returns a Unicode object.
 ``as_p()``
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. method:: Form.as_p
+.. method:: Form.as_p()
 
     ``as_p()`` renders the form as a series of ``<p>`` tags, with each ``<p>``
     containing one field::
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ a form object, and each rendering method returns a Unicode object.
 ``as_ul()``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. method:: Form.as_ul
+.. method:: Form.as_ul()
 
     ``as_ul()`` renders the form as a series of ``<li>`` tags, with each
     ``<li>`` containing one field. It does *not* include the ``<ul>`` or
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ a form object, and each rendering method returns a Unicode object.
 ``as_table()``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. method:: Form.as_table
+.. method:: Form.as_table()
 
     Finally, ``as_table()`` outputs the form as an HTML ``<table>``. This is
     exactly the same as ``print``. In fact, when you ``print`` a form object,
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ form data *and* file data::
 Testing for multipart forms
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. method:: Form.is_multipart
+.. method:: Form.is_multipart()
 
 If you're writing reusable views or templates, you may not know ahead of time
 whether your form is a multipart form or not. The ``is_multipart()`` method
diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/validation.txt b/docs/ref/forms/validation.txt
index 392ee226a8..060fa3b623 100644
--- a/docs/ref/forms/validation.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/forms/validation.txt
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ write a cleaning method that operates on the ``recipients`` field, like so::
 Cleaning and validating fields that depend on each other
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. method:: django.forms.Form.clean
+.. method:: django.forms.Form.clean()
 
 Suppose we add another requirement to our contact form: if the ``cc_myself``
 field is ``True``, the ``subject`` must contain the word ``"help"``. We are
diff --git a/docs/ref/template-response.txt b/docs/ref/template-response.txt
index 908b67fcea..952a8d4805 100644
--- a/docs/ref/template-response.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/template-response.txt
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ Methods
 
     Override this method in order to customize template rendering.
 
-.. method:: SimpleTemplateResponse.add_post_render_callback
+.. method:: SimpleTemplateResponse.add_post_render_callback()
 
     Add a callback that will be invoked after rendering has taken
     place. This hook can be used to defer certain processing
diff --git a/docs/topics/http/sessions.txt b/docs/topics/http/sessions.txt
index 8904cd6578..e063020553 100644
--- a/docs/topics/http/sessions.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/http/sessions.txt
@@ -210,17 +210,17 @@ You can edit it multiple times.
 
       Example: ``fav_color = request.session.pop('fav_color')``
 
-    .. method:: keys
+    .. method:: keys()
 
-    .. method:: items
+    .. method:: items()
 
-    .. method:: setdefault
+    .. method:: setdefault()
 
-    .. method:: clear
+    .. method:: clear()
 
     It also has these methods:
 
-    .. method:: flush
+    .. method:: flush()
 
       Delete the current session data from the session and regenerate the
       session key value that is sent back to the user in the cookie. This is
@@ -228,21 +228,21 @@ You can edit it multiple times.
       accessed again from the user's browser (for example, the
       :func:`django.contrib.auth.logout()` function calls it).
 
-    .. method:: set_test_cookie
+    .. method:: set_test_cookie()
 
       Sets a test cookie to determine whether the user's browser supports
       cookies. Due to the way cookies work, you won't be able to test this
       until the user's next page request. See `Setting test cookies`_ below for
       more information.
 
-    .. method:: test_cookie_worked
+    .. method:: test_cookie_worked()
 
       Returns either ``True`` or ``False``, depending on whether the user's
       browser accepted the test cookie. Due to the way cookies work, you'll
       have to call ``set_test_cookie()`` on a previous, separate page request.
       See `Setting test cookies`_ below for more information.
 
-    .. method:: delete_test_cookie
+    .. method:: delete_test_cookie()
 
       Deletes the test cookie. Use this to clean up after yourself.
 
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ You can edit it multiple times.
       purposes. Session expiration is computed from the last time the
       session was *modified*.
 
-    .. method:: get_expiry_age
+    .. method:: get_expiry_age()
 
       Returns the number of seconds until this session expires. For sessions
       with no custom expiration (or those set to expire at browser close), this
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ You can edit it multiple times.
         ``None``. Defaults to the value stored in the session by
         :meth:`set_expiry`, if there is one, or ``None``.
 
-    .. method:: get_expiry_date
+    .. method:: get_expiry_date()
 
       Returns the date this session will expire. For sessions with no custom
       expiration (or those set to expire at browser close), this will equal the
@@ -294,19 +294,19 @@ You can edit it multiple times.
 
       This function accepts the same keyword argumets as :meth:`get_expiry_age`.
 
-    .. method:: get_expire_at_browser_close
+    .. method:: get_expire_at_browser_close()
 
       Returns either ``True`` or ``False``, depending on whether the user's
       session cookie will expire when the user's Web browser is closed.
 
-    .. method:: clear_expired
+    .. method:: clear_expired()
 
       .. versionadded:: 1.5
 
       Removes expired sessions from the session store. This class method is
       called by :djadmin:`clearsessions`.
 
-    .. method:: cycle_key
+    .. method:: cycle_key()
 
       Creates a new session key while retaining the current session data.
       :func:`django.contrib.auth.login()` calls this method to mitigate against
diff --git a/docs/topics/testing/overview.txt b/docs/topics/testing/overview.txt
index 6f402888d1..e71771a47e 100644
--- a/docs/topics/testing/overview.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/testing/overview.txt
@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ If ``multi_db=True``, fixtures are loaded into all databases.
 Overriding settings
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. method:: TestCase.settings
+.. method:: TestCase.settings()
 
 .. versionadded:: 1.4