diff --git a/python-strip/README.md b/python-strip/README.md
index f93c0e386b..1688c31c9b 100644
--- a/python-strip/README.md
+++ b/python-strip/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # How to Strip Characters From a Python String
 
-This folder contains code snippets from the Real Python tutorial on [How to Strip Characters From a Python String](https://realpython.com/how-to-use-python-strip-remove-characters/).
+This folder contains code snippets from the Real Python tutorial on [How to Strip Characters From a Python String](https://realpython.com/python-strip/).
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/python-strip/remove_suffix.py b/python-strip/remove_suffix.py
index fab134411c..8eddc80a54 100644
--- a/python-strip/remove_suffix.py
+++ b/python-strip/remove_suffix.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 filename = "txt_transcript.txt"
 
 # Incorrect: .strip() doesn't remove sequences
-print(filename.strip("txt_"))
+print(filename.strip(".txt"))
 # Correct: Use .removesuffix() for this task
 print(filename.removesuffix(".txt"))
 
diff --git a/python-strip/username.py b/python-strip/username.py
index 410c56315b..912f46118c 100644
--- a/python-strip/username.py
+++ b/python-strip/username.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-submitted_username = "_!__YoJohnDoe!__!!"
+submitted_username = "_!__Yo_JohnDoe!__!!"
 cleaned_username = submitted_username.strip("!_")
 print(cleaned_username)