diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init_config.rst b/Doc/c-api/init_config.rst
index 161def0b4baf3a..e773b744c391e6 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/init_config.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/init_config.rst
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ PyConfig
       without :option:`-c` or :option:`-m`. It is used by the
       :c:func:`Py_RunMain` function.
 
-      For example, it is set to ``script.py`` by the ``python3 script.py arg``
+      For example, it is set to ``script.py`` by the ``python script.py arg``
       command line.
 
       See also the :c:member:`PyConfig.skip_source_first_line` option.
diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index 550f808a16dfaa..5da2673901819c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -5581,7 +5581,7 @@ command line flag to configure the limit:
   ``PYTHONINTMAXSTRDIGITS=640 python3`` to set the limit to 640 or
   ``PYTHONINTMAXSTRDIGITS=0 python3`` to disable the limitation.
 * :option:`-X int_max_str_digits <-X>`, e.g.
-  ``python3 -X int_max_str_digits=640``
+  ``python -X int_max_str_digits=640``
 * :data:`sys.flags.int_max_str_digits` contains the value of
   :envvar:`PYTHONINTMAXSTRDIGITS` or :option:`-X int_max_str_digits <-X>`.
   If both the env var and the ``-X`` option are set, the ``-X`` option takes
diff --git a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
index 2a4d070ec057df..1074599c6f3788 100644
--- a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ Miscellaneous options
    * ``-X importtime`` to show how long each import takes. It shows module
      name, cumulative time (including nested imports) and self time (excluding
      nested imports).  Note that its output may be broken in multi-threaded
-     application.  Typical usage is ``python3 -X importtime -c 'import
+     application.  Typical usage is ``python -X importtime -c 'import
      asyncio'``.  See also :envvar:`PYTHONPROFILEIMPORTTIME`.
    * ``-X dev``: enable :ref:`Python Development Mode <devmode>`, introducing
      additional runtime checks that are too expensive to be enabled by
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
index f6a48ed2680c14..1a115816840241 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
@@ -1539,8 +1539,8 @@ Optimizations
   (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`41334`.)
 
 * The :mod:`runpy` module now imports fewer modules.
-  The ``python3 -m module-name`` command startup time is 1.4x faster in
-  average. On Linux, ``python3 -I -m module-name`` imports 69 modules on Python
+  The ``python -m module-name`` command startup time is 1.4x faster in
+  average. On Linux, ``python -I -m module-name`` imports 69 modules on Python
   3.9, whereas it only imports 51 modules (-18) on Python 3.10.
   (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`41006` and :issue:`41718`.)
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
index e4294c88b58572..4bffd07cb54e77 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
@@ -2057,7 +2057,7 @@ should use :mod:`tkinter.ttk` instead.
 venv
 ~~~~
 
-The ``pyvenv`` script has been deprecated in favour of ``python3 -m venv``.
+The ``pyvenv`` script has been deprecated in favour of ``python -m venv``.
 This prevents confusion as to what Python interpreter ``pyvenv`` is
 connected to and thus what Python interpreter will be used by the virtual
 environment.  (Contributed by Brett Cannon in :issue:`25154`.)
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
index e974ee3a3f73ed..4133bf8f3c09bd 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ Other Language Changes
   (Contributed by Ngalim Siregar in :issue:`37444`.)
 
 * Python now gets the absolute path of the script filename specified on
-  the command line (ex: ``python3 script.py``): the ``__file__`` attribute of
+  the command line (ex: ``python script.py``): the ``__file__`` attribute of
   the :mod:`__main__` module became an absolute path, rather than a relative
   path. These paths now remain valid after the current directory is changed
   by :func:`os.chdir`. As a side effect, the traceback also displays the