diff --git a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
index 8338ffa8008..05f29adb0b5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
@@ -465,14 +465,14 @@ It does *not* contain the file's data itself.
    Create a :class:`TarInfo` object.
 
 
-.. method:: TarInfo.frombuf(buf, encoding, errors)
+.. classmethod:: TarInfo.frombuf(buf, encoding, errors)
 
    Create and return a :class:`TarInfo` object from string buffer *buf*.
 
-   Raises :exc:`HeaderError` if the buffer is invalid..
+   Raises :exc:`HeaderError` if the buffer is invalid.
 
 
-.. method:: TarInfo.fromtarfile(tarfile)
+.. classmethod:: TarInfo.fromtarfile(tarfile)
 
    Read the next member from the :class:`TarFile` object *tarfile* and return it as
    a :class:`TarInfo` object.