diff --git a/arkouda/alignment.py b/arkouda/alignment.py
index 60c8a1ac7a..22494ca612 100644
--- a/arkouda/alignment.py
+++ b/arkouda/alignment.py
@@ -145,22 +145,27 @@ def find(query, space, all_occurrences=False, remove_missing=False):
     >>> select_from = ak.arange(10)
     >>> arr1 = select_from[ak.randint(0, select_from.size, 20, seed=10)]
     >>> arr2 = select_from[ak.randint(0, select_from.size, 20, seed=11)]
-    # remove some values to ensure we have some values
-    # which don't appear in the search space
+
+    Remove some values to ensure we have some values
+    which don't appear in the search space
+
     >>> arr2 = arr2[arr2 != 9]
     >>> arr2 = arr2[arr2 != 3]
 
-    # find with defaults (all_occurrences and remove_missing both False)
+    Find with defaults (all_occurrences and remove_missing both False)
+
     >>> ak.find(arr1, arr2)
     array([-1 -1 -1 0 1 -1 -1 -1 2 -1 5 -1 8 -1 5 -1 -1 11 5 0])
 
-     # set remove_missing to True, only difference from default
-     # is missing values are excluded
-     >>> ak.find(arr1, arr2, remove_missing=True)
+    Set remove_missing to True, only difference from default
+    is missing values are excluded
+
+    >>> ak.find(arr1, arr2, remove_missing=True)
     array([0 1 2 5 8 5 11 5 0])
 
-    # set both remove_missing and all_occurrences to True, missing values
-    # will be empty segments
+    Set both remove_missing and all_occurrences to True, missing values
+    will be empty segments
+
     >>> ak.find(arr1, arr2, remove_missing=True, all_occurrences=True).to_list()
     [[],
      [],
@@ -291,20 +296,23 @@ def lookup(keys, values, arguments, fillvalue=-1):
 
     Examples
     --------
-    # Lookup numbers by two-word name
+
+    Lookup numbers by two-word name
+
     >>> keys1 = ak.array(['twenty' for _ in range(5)])
     >>> keys2 = ak.array(['one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'five'])
     >>> values = ak.array([21, 22, 23, 24, 25])
     >>> args1 = ak.array(['twenty', 'thirty', 'twenty'])
     >>> args2 = ak.array(['four', 'two', 'two'])
-    >>> aku.lookup([keys1, keys2], values, [args1, args2])
-    array([24, -1, 22])
+    >>> ak.lookup([keys1, keys2], values, [args1, args2])
+    array([24 -1 22])
+
+    Other direction requires an intermediate index
 
-    # Other direction requires an intermediate index
     >>> revkeys = values
     >>> revindices = ak.arange(values.size)
     >>> revargs = ak.array([24, 21, 22])
-    >>> idx = aku.lookup(revkeys, revindices, revargs)
+    >>> idx = ak.lookup(revkeys, revindices, revargs)
     >>> keys1[idx], keys2[idx]
     (array(['twenty', 'twenty', 'twenty']),
     array(['four', 'one', 'two']))
@@ -420,10 +428,10 @@ def search_intervals(vals, intervals, tiebreak=None, hierarchical=True):
     >>> bi_ends = ak.bigint_from_uint_arrays([ak.cast(a, ak.uint64) for a in ends])
     >>> bi_vals = ak.bigint_from_uint_arrays([ak.cast(a, ak.uint64) for a in vals])
     >>> bi_starts, bi_ends, bi_vals
-    (array(["0" "92233720368547758091"]),
-    array(["92233720368547758090" "166020696663385964564"]),
-    array(["0" "20" "36893488147419103233" "92233720368547758085" "92233720368547758095"
-    "110680464442257309696" "110680464442257309708" "166020696663385964574"]))
+    (array([0 92233720368547758091]),
+    array([92233720368547758090 166020696663385964564]),
+    array([0 20 36893488147419103233 92233720368547758085 92233720368547758095
+    110680464442257309696 110680464442257309708 166020696663385964574]))
     >>> ak.search_intervals(bi_vals, (bi_starts, bi_ends))
     array([0 0 0 0 1 1 1 -1])
     """