diff --git a/Lib/doctest.py b/Lib/doctest.py
index aad9dfe..9b91277 100644
--- a/Lib/doctest.py
+++ b/Lib/doctest.py
@@ -595,14 +595,20 @@
             print x
             print y
         # Expected:
-        #     2
-        #     3
+        ## 2
+        ## 3
         #
-        #         Some text.
+        # Some text.
         x+y
         # Expected:
-        #     5
+        ## 5
         """
+        string = string.expandtabs()
+        # If all lines begin with the same indentation, then strip it.
+        min_indent = self._min_indent(string)
+        if min_indent > 0:
+            string = '\n'.join([l[min_indent:] for l in string.split('\n')])
+
         output = []
         charnum, lineno = 0, 0
         # Find all doctest examples in the string:
@@ -620,7 +626,7 @@
             # Display the expected output, if any
             if want:
                 output.append('# Expected:')
-                output.extend(['#     '+l for l in want.split('\n')])
+                output.extend(['## '+l for l in want.split('\n')])
 
             # Update the line number & char number.
             lineno += string.count('\n', m.start(), m.end())
@@ -702,11 +708,19 @@
                              (lineno, name, source))
         return options
 
+    # This regular expression finds the indentation of every non-blank
+    # line in a string.
+    _INDENT_RE = re.compile('^([ ]+)(?=\S)', re.MULTILINE)
+
+    def _min_indent(self, s):
+        "Return the minimum indentation of any non-blank line in `s`"
+        return min([len(indent) for indent in self._INDENT_RE.findall(s)])
+
     def _comment_line(self, line):
         "Return a commented form of the given line"
         line = line.rstrip()
         if line:
-            return '#  '+line
+            return '# '+line
         else:
             return '#'
 
@@ -2179,30 +2193,30 @@
        ...           '''
 
        >>> print script_from_examples(text)
-       #        Here are examples of simple math.
+       # Here are examples of simple math.
        #
-       #            Python has super accurate integer addition
+       #     Python has super accurate integer addition
        #
        2 + 2
        # Expected:
-       #     5
+       ## 5
        #
-       #            And very friendly error messages:
+       #     And very friendly error messages:
        #
        1/0
        # Expected:
-       #     To Infinity
-       #     And
-       #     Beyond
+       ## To Infinity
+       ## And
+       ## Beyond
        #
-       #            You can use logic if you want:
+       #     You can use logic if you want:
        #
        if 0:
           blah
           blah
        <BLANKLINE>
        #
-       #            Ho hum
+       #     Ho hum
        """
 
     return DocTestParser().get_program(s)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_doctest.py b/Lib/test/test_doctest.py
index c734cae..8e651d0 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_doctest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_doctest.py
@@ -1053,30 +1053,30 @@
     >>> import test.test_doctest
     >>> name = 'test.test_doctest.sample_func'
     >>> print doctest.testsource(test.test_doctest, name)
-    #      Blah blah
+    # Blah blah
     #
     print sample_func(22)
     # Expected:
-    #     44
+    ## 44
     #
-    #      Yee ha!
+    # Yee ha!
 
     >>> name = 'test.test_doctest.SampleNewStyleClass'
     >>> print doctest.testsource(test.test_doctest, name)
     print '1\n2\n3'
     # Expected:
-    #     1
-    #     2
-    #     3
+    ## 1
+    ## 2
+    ## 3
 
     >>> name = 'test.test_doctest.SampleClass.a_classmethod'
     >>> print doctest.testsource(test.test_doctest, name)
     print SampleClass.a_classmethod(10)
     # Expected:
-    #     12
+    ## 12
     print SampleClass(0).a_classmethod(10)
     # Expected:
-    #     12
+    ## 12
 """
 
 def test_debug(): r"""