diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.el b/lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.el
index 66e48080bb4ade63f39209a44fe4408be2d2d3b6..3147367b9ce3e7a8ec9a1dcde1e5cdc58bb692fa 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.el
@@ -133,14 +133,14 @@ The paragraph marked is the one that contains point or follows point."
 With arg N, kill forward to Nth end of paragraph;
 negative arg -N means kill backward to Nth start of paragraph."
   (interactive "p")
-  (kill-region (point) (progn (forward-paragraph arg) (point))))
+  (kill-region (point) (save-excursion (forward-paragraph arg) (point))))
 
 (defun backward-kill-paragraph (arg)
   "Kill back to start of paragraph.
 With arg N, kill back to Nth start of paragraph;
 negative arg -N means kill forward to Nth end of paragraph."
   (interactive "p")
-  (kill-region (point) (progn (backward-paragraph arg) (point))))
+  (kill-region (point) (save-excursion (backward-paragraph arg) (point))))
 
 (defun transpose-paragraphs (arg)
   "Interchange this (or next) paragraph with previous one."
@@ -204,17 +204,13 @@ See `forward-sentence' for more information."
   "Kill from point to end of sentence.
 With arg, repeat; negative arg -N means kill back to Nth start of sentence."
   (interactive "*p")
-  (let ((beg (point)))
-    (forward-sentence arg)
-    (kill-region beg (point))))
+  (kill-region (point) (save-excursion (forward-sentence arg) (point))))
 
 (defun backward-kill-sentence (&optional arg)
   "Kill back from point to start of sentence.
 With arg, repeat, or kill forward to Nth end of sentence if negative arg -N."
   (interactive "*p")
-  (let ((beg (point)))
-    (backward-sentence arg)
-    (kill-region beg (point))))
+  (kill-region (point) (save-excursion (forward-sentence arg) (point))))
 
 (defun mark-end-of-sentence (arg)
   "Put mark at end of sentence.  Arg works as in `forward-sentence'."