diff --git a/keras/utils/audio_dataset.py b/keras/utils/audio_dataset.py
index ec9f0847859..52afba42780 100644
--- a/keras/utils/audio_dataset.py
+++ b/keras/utils/audio_dataset.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def audio_dataset_from_directory(
       subset: Subset of the data to return. One of "training", "validation" or
         "both". Only used if `validation_split` is set.
       follow_links: Whether to visits subdirectories pointed to by symlinks.
-        Defaults to False.
+        Defaults to `False`.
 
     Returns:
       A `tf.data.Dataset` object.
diff --git a/keras/utils/conv_utils.py b/keras/utils/conv_utils.py
index e9946ccb2e2..930bbaf9fef 100644
--- a/keras/utils/conv_utils.py
+++ b/keras/utils/conv_utils.py
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ def normalize_tuple(value, n, name, allow_zero=False):
       n: The size of the tuple to be returned.
       name: The name of the argument being validated, e.g. "strides" or
         "kernel_size". This is only used to format error messages.
-      allow_zero: Default to False. A ValueError will raised if zero is received
-        and this param is False.
+      allow_zero: A ValueError will be raised if zero is received
+        and this param is False. Defaults to `False`.
 
     Returns:
       A tuple of n integers.
diff --git a/keras/utils/data_utils.py b/keras/utils/data_utils.py
index dc02c285404..21f48cb8c23 100644
--- a/keras/utils/data_utils.py
+++ b/keras/utils/data_utils.py
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ def get_file(
             The default `'auto'` corresponds to `['tar', 'zip']`.
             None or an empty list will return no matches found.
         cache_dir: Location to store cached files, when None it
-            defaults to the default directory `~/.keras/`.
+            defaults to `~/.keras/`.
 
     Returns:
         Path to the downloaded file.
@@ -1063,14 +1063,16 @@ def pad_sequences(
         maxlen: Optional Int, maximum length of all sequences. If not provided,
             sequences will be padded to the length of the longest individual
             sequence.
-        dtype: (Optional, defaults to `"int32"`). Type of the output sequences.
+        dtype: (Optional). Type of the output sequences.
             To pad sequences with variable length strings, you can use `object`.
-        padding: String, "pre" or "post" (optional, defaults to `"pre"`):
-            pad either before or after each sequence.
-        truncating: String, "pre" or "post" (optional, defaults to `"pre"`):
+            Defaults to `"int32"`.
+        padding: String, "pre" or "post" (optional):
+            pad either before or after each sequence. Defaults to `"pre"`.
+        truncating: String, "pre" or "post" (optional):
             remove values from sequences larger than
             `maxlen`, either at the beginning or at the end of the sequences.
-        value: Float or String, padding value. (Optional, defaults to 0.)
+            Defaults to `"pre"`.
+        value: Float or String, padding value. (Optional). Defaults to `0.`.
 
     Returns:
         Numpy array with shape `(len(sequences), maxlen)`
diff --git a/keras/utils/dataset_utils.py b/keras/utils/dataset_utils.py
index 0103cad42c3..35d234d6255 100644
--- a/keras/utils/dataset_utils.py
+++ b/keras/utils/dataset_utils.py
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ def split_dataset(
         left_size: If float (in the range `[0, 1]`), it signifies
           the fraction of the data to pack in the left dataset. If integer, it
           signifies the number of samples to pack in the left dataset. If
-          `None`, it defaults to the complement to `right_size`.
+          `None`, it uses the complement to `right_size`. Defaults to `None`.
         right_size: If float (in the range `[0, 1]`), it signifies
           the fraction of the data to pack in the right dataset. If integer, it
           signifies the number of samples to pack in the right dataset. If
-          `None`, it defaults to the complement to `left_size`.
+          `None`, it uses the complement to `left_size`. Defaults to `None`.
         shuffle: Boolean, whether to shuffle the data before splitting it.
         seed: A random seed for shuffling.
 
@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@ def _convert_dataset_to_list(
         dataset_type_spec : the type of the dataset
         data_size_warning_flag (bool, optional): If set to True, a warning will
           be issued if the dataset takes longer than 10 seconds to iterate.
-          Defaults to True.
+          Defaults to `True`.
         ensure_shape_similarity (bool, optional): If set to True, the shape of
           the first sample will be used to validate the shape of rest of the
-          samples. Defaults to True.
+          samples. Defaults to `True`.
 
     Returns:
         List: A list of tuples/NumPy arrays.
@@ -254,10 +254,10 @@ def _get_next_sample(
         dataset_iterator : An `iterator` object.
         ensure_shape_similarity (bool, optional): If set to True, the shape of
           the first sample will be used to validate the shape of rest of the
-          samples. Defaults to True.
+          samples. Defaults to `True`.
         data_size_warning_flag (bool, optional): If set to True, a warning will
           be issued if the dataset takes longer than 10 seconds to iterate.
-          Defaults to True.
+          Defaults to `True`.
         start_time (float): the start time of the dataset iteration. this is
           used only if `data_size_warning_flag` is set to true.
 
diff --git a/keras/utils/feature_space.py b/keras/utils/feature_space.py
index f3e0a004543..e52e158dab0 100644
--- a/keras/utils/feature_space.py
+++ b/keras/utils/feature_space.py
@@ -105,12 +105,12 @@ class FeatureSpace(base_layer.Layer):
             "crossed" by hashing their combined value into
             a fixed-length vector.
         crossing_dim: Default vector size for hashing crossed features.
-            Defaults to 32.
+            Defaults to `32`.
         hashing_dim: Default vector size for hashing features of type
-            `"integer_hashed"` and `"string_hashed"`. Defaults to 32.
+            `"integer_hashed"` and `"string_hashed"`. Defaults to `32`.
         num_discretization_bins: Default number of bins to be used for
             discretizing features of type `"float_discretized"`.
-            Defaults to 32.
+            Defaults to `32`.
 
     **Available feature types:**
 
diff --git a/keras/utils/generic_utils.py b/keras/utils/generic_utils.py
index 3d831683301..ba58673eec4 100644
--- a/keras/utils/generic_utils.py
+++ b/keras/utils/generic_utils.py
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ def update(self, current, values=None, finalize=None):
               as-is. Else, an average of the metric over time will be
               displayed.
             finalize: Whether this is the last update for the progress bar. If
-              `None`, defaults to `current >= self.target`.
+              `None`, uses `current >= self.target`. Defaults to `None`.
         """
         if finalize is None:
             if self.target is None:
diff --git a/keras/utils/image_dataset.py b/keras/utils/image_dataset.py
index 449a8d4624d..74d05b647a7 100644
--- a/keras/utils/image_dataset.py
+++ b/keras/utils/image_dataset.py
@@ -118,10 +118,10 @@ def image_dataset_from_directory(
           When `subset="both"`, the utility returns a tuple of two datasets
           (the training and validation datasets respectively).
       interpolation: String, the interpolation method used when resizing images.
-        Defaults to `bilinear`. Supports `bilinear`, `nearest`, `bicubic`,
-        `area`, `lanczos3`, `lanczos5`, `gaussian`, `mitchellcubic`.
+        Supports `bilinear`, `nearest`, `bicubic`, `area`, `lanczos3`,
+        `lanczos5`, `gaussian`, `mitchellcubic`. Defaults to `bilinear`.
       follow_links: Whether to visit subdirectories pointed to by symlinks.
-          Defaults to False.
+          Defaults to `False`.
       crop_to_aspect_ratio: If True, resize the images without aspect
         ratio distortion. When the original aspect ratio differs from the target
         aspect ratio, the output image will be cropped so as to return the
diff --git a/keras/utils/image_utils.py b/keras/utils/image_utils.py
index c5f13274a3e..94f4ebc2e63 100644
--- a/keras/utils/image_utils.py
+++ b/keras/utils/image_utils.py
@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@ def smart_resize(x, size, interpolation="bilinear"):
         format `(height, width, channels)` or `(batch_size, height, width,
         channels)`.
       size: Tuple of `(height, width)` integer. Target size.
-      interpolation: String, interpolation to use for resizing. Defaults to
-        `'bilinear'`. Supports `bilinear`, `nearest`, `bicubic`, `area`,
-        `lanczos3`, `lanczos5`, `gaussian`, `mitchellcubic`.
+      interpolation: String, interpolation to use for resizing. Supports
+        `bilinear`, `nearest`, `bicubic`, `area`, `lanczos3`, `lanczos5`,
+        `gaussian`, `mitchellcubic`. Defaults to `'bilinear'`.
 
     Returns:
       Array with shape `(size[0], size[1], channels)`. If the input image was a
@@ -216,14 +216,14 @@ def array_to_img(x, data_format=None, scale=True, dtype=None):
     Args:
         x: Input data, in any form that can be converted to a Numpy array.
         data_format: Image data format, can be either `"channels_first"` or
-          `"channels_last"`. Defaults to `None`, in which case the global
+          `"channels_last"`. None means the global
           setting `tf.keras.backend.image_data_format()` is used (unless you
-          changed it, it defaults to `"channels_last"`).
+          changed it, it uses `"channels_last"`). Defaults to `None`.
         scale: Whether to rescale the image such that minimum and maximum values
           are 0 and 255 respectively. Defaults to `True`.
-        dtype: Dtype to use. Default to `None`, in which case the global setting
-          `tf.keras.backend.floatx()` is used (unless you changed it, it
-          defaults to `"float32"`)
+        dtype: Dtype to use. None makes the global setting
+          `tf.keras.backend.floatx()` to be used (unless you changed it, it
+          uses `"float32"`). Defaults to `None`.
 
     Returns:
         A PIL Image instance.
@@ -298,12 +298,12 @@ def img_to_array(img, data_format=None, dtype=None):
     Args:
         img: Input PIL Image instance.
         data_format: Image data format, can be either `"channels_first"` or
-          `"channels_last"`. Defaults to `None`, in which case the global
+          `"channels_last"`. None means the global
           setting `tf.keras.backend.image_data_format()` is used (unless you
-          changed it, it defaults to `"channels_last"`).
-        dtype: Dtype to use. Default to `None`, in which case the global setting
-          `tf.keras.backend.floatx()` is used (unless you changed it, it
-          defaults to `"float32"`).
+          changed it, it uses `"channels_last"`). Defaults to `None`.
+        dtype: Dtype to use. None makes the global setting
+          `tf.keras.backend.floatx()` to be used (unless you changed it, it
+          uses `"float32"`). Defaults to `None`.
 
     Returns:
         A 3D Numpy array.
diff --git a/keras/utils/layer_utils.py b/keras/utils/layer_utils.py
index 071bbff62ea..c1543466704 100644
--- a/keras/utils/layer_utils.py
+++ b/keras/utils/layer_utils.py
@@ -335,11 +335,12 @@ def print_summary(
             It will be called on each line of the summary.
             You can set it to a custom function
             in order to capture the string summary.
-            It defaults to `print` (prints to stdout).
+            When `None`, uses `print` (prints to stdout).
+            Defaults to `None`.
         expand_nested: Whether to expand the nested models.
-            If not provided, defaults to `False`.
+            Defaults to `False`.
         show_trainable: Whether to show if a layer is trainable.
-            If not provided, defaults to `False`.
+            Defaults to `False`.
         layer_range: List or tuple containing two strings,
             the starting layer name and ending layer name (both inclusive),
             indicating the range of layers to be printed in the summary. The
@@ -1042,9 +1043,9 @@ def warmstart_embedding_matrix(
           embedding matrix.
         new_embeddings_initializer: Initializer for embedding vectors for
           previously unseen terms to be added to the new embedding matrix (see
-          `keras.initializers`). Defaults to "uniform". new_embedding matrix
+          `keras.initializers`). new_embedding matrix
           needs to be specified with "constant" initializer.
-          matrix. Default value is None.
+          matrix. None means "uniform". Default value is None.
 
     Returns:
       tf.tensor of remapped embedding layer matrix
diff --git a/keras/utils/losses_utils.py b/keras/utils/losses_utils.py
index 2630326bcf9..28a450bce29 100644
--- a/keras/utils/losses_utils.py
+++ b/keras/utils/losses_utils.py
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ class ReductionV2:
     Contains the following values:
 
     * `AUTO`: Indicates that the reduction option will be determined by the
-      usage context. For almost all cases this defaults to
-      `SUM_OVER_BATCH_SIZE`. When used with `tf.distribute.Strategy`, outside of
-      built-in training loops such as `tf.keras` `compile` and `fit`, we expect
-      reduction value to be `SUM` or `NONE`. Using `AUTO` in that case will
-      raise an error.
+      usage context. For almost all cases this uses `SUM_OVER_BATCH_SIZE`.
+      When used with `tf.distribute.Strategy`, outside of built-in training
+      loops such as `tf.keras` `compile` and `fit`, we expect reduction
+      value to be `SUM` or `NONE`. Using `AUTO` in that case will raise an
+      error.
     * `NONE`: No **additional** reduction is applied to the output of the
       wrapped loss function. When non-scalar losses are returned to Keras
       functions like `fit`/`evaluate`, the unreduced vector loss is passed to
diff --git a/keras/utils/metrics_utils.py b/keras/utils/metrics_utils.py
index 8664657c8be..e7622b3cda5 100644
--- a/keras/utils/metrics_utils.py
+++ b/keras/utils/metrics_utils.py
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ def sparse_top_k_categorical_matches(y_true, y_pred, k=5):
       y_true: tensor of true targets.
       y_pred: tensor of predicted targets.
       k: (Optional) Number of top elements to look at for computing accuracy.
-        Defaults to 5.
+        Defaults to `5`.
 
     Returns:
       Match tensor: 1.0 for label-prediction match, 0.0 for mismatch.
diff --git a/keras/utils/text_dataset.py b/keras/utils/text_dataset.py
index d6c6d9ee5bf..f05a6e5f9cb 100644
--- a/keras/utils/text_dataset.py
+++ b/keras/utils/text_dataset.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def text_dataset_from_directory(
             When `subset="both"`, the utility returns a tuple of two datasets
             (the training and validation datasets respectively).
         follow_links: Whether to visits subdirectories pointed to by symlinks.
-            Defaults to False.
+            Defaults to `False`.
 
     Returns:
         A `tf.data.Dataset` object.