diff --git a/django/template/base.py b/django/template/base.py
index 43df12b6dd..71a97fda80 100644
--- a/django/template/base.py
+++ b/django/template/base.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ will be raised if the template doesn't have proper syntax.
Sample code:
>>> from django import template
->>> s = u'{% if test %}{{ varvalue }}
{% endif %}'
+>>> s = '{% if test %}{{ varvalue }}
{% endif %}'
>>> t = template.Template(s)
(t is now a compiled template, and its render() method can be called multiple
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ times with multiple contexts)
>>> c = template.Context({'test':True, 'varvalue': 'Hello'})
>>> t.render(c)
-u'Hello
'
+'Hello
'
>>> c = template.Context({'test':False, 'varvalue': 'Hello'})
>>> t.render(c)
-u''
+''
"""
from __future__ import unicode_literals
@@ -756,15 +756,15 @@ class Variable(object):
be a hard-coded string (if it begins and ends with single or double quote
marks)::
- >>> c = {'article': {'section':u'News'}}
+ >>> c = {'article': {'section':'News'}}
>>> Variable('article.section').resolve(c)
- u'News'
+ 'News'
>>> Variable('article').resolve(c)
- {'section': u'News'}
+ {'section': 'News'}
>>> class AClass: pass
>>> c = AClass()
>>> c.article = AClass()
- >>> c.article.section = u'News'
+ >>> c.article.section = 'News'
(The example assumes VARIABLE_ATTRIBUTE_SEPARATOR is '.')
"""