diff --git a/lib/jekyll/converters/markdown/rdiscount_parser.rb b/lib/jekyll/converters/markdown/rdiscount_parser.rb
index fb5172e7..daf8874e 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/converters/markdown/rdiscount_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/converters/markdown/rdiscount_parser.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module Jekyll
         def initialize(config)
           Jekyll::External.require_with_graceful_fail "rdiscount"
           @config = config
-          @rdiscount_extensions = @config['rdiscount']['extensions'].map { |e| e.to_sym }
+          @rdiscount_extensions = @config['rdiscount']['extensions'].map(&:to_sym)
         end
 
         def convert(content)
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/document.rb b/lib/jekyll/document.rb
index 4ec70127..9e588ded 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/document.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/document.rb
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ module Jekyll
           "ext"  => ext
         })
         merge_data!({"date" => date}) if data['date'].nil? || data['date'].to_i == site.time.to_i
-        data['title'] ||= slug.split('-').select { |w| w.capitalize! || w }.join(' ')
+        data['title'] ||= slug.split('-').select(&:capitalize).join(' ')
       end
       populate_categories
       populate_tags
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ module Jekyll
       merge_data!({
         'categories' => (
           Array(data['categories']) + Utils.pluralized_array_from_hash(data, 'category', 'categories')
-        ).map { |c| c.to_s }.flatten.uniq
+        ).map(&:to_s).flatten.uniq
       })
     end