diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py
index f143460..b09a649 100644
--- a/Lib/subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/subprocess.py
@@ -128,15 +128,15 @@
     check_call(["ls", "-l"])
 
 check_output(*popenargs, **kwargs):
-   Run command with arguments and return its output as a byte string.
+    Run command with arguments and return its output as a byte string.
 
-   If the exit code was non-zero it raises a CalledProcessError.  The
-   CalledProcessError object will have the return code in the returncode
-   attribute and output in the output attribute.
+    If the exit code was non-zero it raises a CalledProcessError.  The
+    CalledProcessError object will have the return code in the returncode
+    attribute and output in the output attribute.
 
-   The arguments are the same as for the Popen constructor.  Example:
+    The arguments are the same as for the Popen constructor.  Example:
 
-      output = subprocess.check_output(["ls", "-l", "/dev/null"])
+    output = subprocess.check_output(["ls", "-l", "/dev/null"])
 
 Exceptions
 ----------
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@
 
 
 def check_output(*popenargs, **kwargs):
-    """Run command with arguments and return its output as a byte string.
+    r"""Run command with arguments and return its output as a byte string.
 
     If the exit code was non-zero it raises a CalledProcessError.  The
     CalledProcessError object will have the return code in the returncode
@@ -520,8 +520,8 @@
     To capture standard error in the result, use stderr=subprocess.STDOUT.
 
     >>> check_output(["/bin/sh", "-c",
-                      "ls -l non_existent_file ; exit 0"],
-                     stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+    ...               "ls -l non_existent_file ; exit 0"],
+    ...              stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
     'ls: non_existent_file: No such file or directory\n'
     """
     if 'stdout' in kwargs: