diff --git a/av/audio/stream.pyx b/av/audio/stream.pyx
index 2dce95083..7185f389d 100644
--- a/av/audio/stream.pyx
+++ b/av/audio/stream.pyx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ cdef class AudioStream(Stream):
         """
         Encode an :class:`.AudioFrame` and return a list of :class:`.Packet`.
 
-        :return: :class:`list` of :class:`.Packet`.
+        :rtype: list[Packet]
 
         .. seealso:: This is mostly a passthrough to :meth:`.CodecContext.encode`.
         """
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ cdef class AudioStream(Stream):
     cpdef decode(self, Packet packet=None):
         """
         Decode a :class:`.Packet` and return a list of :class:`.AudioFrame`.
-        :return: :class:`list` of :class:`.AudioFrame`
+
+        :rtype: list[AudioFrame]
+
         .. seealso:: This is a passthrough to :meth:`.CodecContext.decode`.
         """
 
diff --git a/av/container/core.pyx b/av/container/core.pyx
index 240db340e..548fe4fc2 100755
--- a/av/container/core.pyx
+++ b/av/container/core.pyx
@@ -366,7 +366,6 @@ def open(
         Honored only when ``file`` is a file-like object. Defaults to 32768 (32k).
     :param timeout: How many seconds to wait for data before giving up, as a float, or a
         :ref:`(open timeout, read timeout) <timeouts>` tuple.
-    :type timeout: float or tuple
     :param callable io_open: Custom I/O callable for opening files/streams.
         This option is intended for formats that need to open additional
         file-like objects to ``file`` using custom I/O.
diff --git a/av/video/frame.pyx b/av/video/frame.pyx
index 4425e18a9..6ff982491 100644
--- a/av/video/frame.pyx
+++ b/av/video/frame.pyx
@@ -464,9 +464,7 @@ cdef class VideoFrame(Frame):
         .. note:: For formats which expect an array of ``uint16``, the samples
         must be in the system's native byte order.
 
-        .. note:: for ``pal8``, an ``(image, palette)`` pair must be passed.
-        `palette` must have shape (256, 4) and is given in ARGB format
-        (PyAV will swap bytes if needed).
+        .. note:: for ``pal8``, an ``(image, palette)`` pair must be passed. `palette` must have shape (256, 4) and is given in ARGB format (PyAV will swap bytes if needed).
         """
         if format == "pal8":
             array, palette = array
diff --git a/av/video/stream.pyx b/av/video/stream.pyx
index abd4eac52..af80f27a1 100644
--- a/av/video/stream.pyx
+++ b/av/video/stream.pyx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ cdef class VideoStream(Stream):
         """
         Encode an :class:`.VideoFrame` and return a list of :class:`.Packet`.
 
-        :return: :class:`list` of :class:`.Packet`.
+        :rtype: list[Packet]
 
         .. seealso:: This is mostly a passthrough to :meth:`.CodecContext.encode`.
         """
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ cdef class VideoStream(Stream):
     cpdef decode(self, Packet packet=None):
         """
         Decode a :class:`.Packet` and return a list of :class:`.VideoFrame`.
-        :return: :class:`list` of :class:`.Frame` subclasses.
+
+        :rtype: list[VideoFrame]
+
         .. seealso:: This is a passthrough to :meth:`.CodecContext.decode`.
         """
 
diff --git a/docs/api/stream.rst b/docs/api/stream.rst
index 49ff05ac8..a6bc1fc8b 100644
--- a/docs/api/stream.rst
+++ b/docs/api/stream.rst
@@ -65,14 +65,6 @@ Basics
 .. autoattribute:: Stream.index
 
 
-Transcoding
-~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-.. automethod:: Stream.encode
-
-.. automethod:: Stream.decode
-
-
 Timing
 ~~~~~~
 
@@ -87,27 +79,6 @@ Timing
 .. autoattribute:: Stream.frames
 
 
-.. _frame_rates:
-
-Frame Rates
-...........
-
-
-These attributes are different ways of calculating frame rates.
-
-Since containers don't need to explicitly identify a frame rate, nor
-even have a static frame rate, these attributes are not guaranteed to be accurate.
-You must experiment with them with your media to see which ones work for you for your purposes.
-
-Whenever possible, we advise that you use raw timing instead of frame rates.
-
-.. autoattribute:: Stream.average_rate
-
-.. autoattribute:: Stream.base_rate
-
-.. autoattribute:: Stream.guessed_rate
-
-
 Others
 ~~~~~~