diff --git a/examples/src/main/python/sql/streaming/structured_network_wordcount.py b/examples/src/main/python/sql/streaming/structured_network_wordcount.py
index afde2550587ca..c3284c1d01017 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/python/sql/streaming/structured_network_wordcount.py
+++ b/examples/src/main/python/sql/streaming/structured_network_wordcount.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-"""
+r"""
  Counts words in UTF8 encoded, '\n' delimited text received from the network.
  Usage: structured_network_wordcount.py <hostname> <port>
    <hostname> and <port> describe the TCP server that Structured Streaming
diff --git a/examples/src/main/python/sql/streaming/structured_network_wordcount_windowed.py b/examples/src/main/python/sql/streaming/structured_network_wordcount_windowed.py
index 02a7d3363d780..db672551504b5 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/python/sql/streaming/structured_network_wordcount_windowed.py
+++ b/examples/src/main/python/sql/streaming/structured_network_wordcount_windowed.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-"""
+r"""
  Counts words in UTF8 encoded, '\n' delimited text received from the network over a
  sliding window of configurable duration. Each line from the network is tagged
  with a timestamp that is used to determine the windows into which it falls.
diff --git a/examples/src/main/python/streaming/direct_kafka_wordcount.py b/examples/src/main/python/streaming/direct_kafka_wordcount.py
index 7097f7f4502bd..425df309011a0 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/python/streaming/direct_kafka_wordcount.py
+++ b/examples/src/main/python/streaming/direct_kafka_wordcount.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-"""
+r"""
  Counts words in UTF8 encoded, '\n' delimited text directly received from Kafka in every 2 seconds.
  Usage: direct_kafka_wordcount.py <broker_list> <topic>
 
diff --git a/examples/src/main/python/streaming/flume_wordcount.py b/examples/src/main/python/streaming/flume_wordcount.py
index d75bc6daac138..5d6e6dc36d6f9 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/python/streaming/flume_wordcount.py
+++ b/examples/src/main/python/streaming/flume_wordcount.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-"""
+r"""
  Counts words in UTF8 encoded, '\n' delimited text received from the network every second.
  Usage: flume_wordcount.py <hostname> <port>
 
diff --git a/examples/src/main/python/streaming/kafka_wordcount.py b/examples/src/main/python/streaming/kafka_wordcount.py
index 8d697f620f467..704f6602e2297 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/python/streaming/kafka_wordcount.py
+++ b/examples/src/main/python/streaming/kafka_wordcount.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-"""
+r"""
  Counts words in UTF8 encoded, '\n' delimited text received from the network every second.
  Usage: kafka_wordcount.py <zk> <topic>
 
diff --git a/examples/src/main/python/streaming/network_wordcount.py b/examples/src/main/python/streaming/network_wordcount.py
index 2b48bcfd55db0..9010fafb425e6 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/python/streaming/network_wordcount.py
+++ b/examples/src/main/python/streaming/network_wordcount.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-"""
+r"""
  Counts words in UTF8 encoded, '\n' delimited text received from the network every second.
  Usage: network_wordcount.py <hostname> <port>
    <hostname> and <port> describe the TCP server that Spark Streaming would connect to receive data.
diff --git a/examples/src/main/python/streaming/network_wordjoinsentiments.py b/examples/src/main/python/streaming/network_wordjoinsentiments.py
index b309d9fad33f5..d51a380a5d5f9 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/python/streaming/network_wordjoinsentiments.py
+++ b/examples/src/main/python/streaming/network_wordjoinsentiments.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-"""
+r"""
  Shows the most positive words in UTF8 encoded, '\n' delimited text directly received the network
  every 5 seconds. The streaming data is joined with a static RDD of the AFINN word list
  (http://neuro.imm.dtu.dk/wiki/AFINN)
diff --git a/examples/src/main/python/streaming/sql_network_wordcount.py b/examples/src/main/python/streaming/sql_network_wordcount.py
index 398ac8d2d8f5e..7f12281c0e3fe 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/python/streaming/sql_network_wordcount.py
+++ b/examples/src/main/python/streaming/sql_network_wordcount.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-"""
+r"""
  Use DataFrames and SQL to count words in UTF8 encoded, '\n' delimited text received from the
  network every second.
 
diff --git a/examples/src/main/python/streaming/stateful_network_wordcount.py b/examples/src/main/python/streaming/stateful_network_wordcount.py
index f8bbc659c2ea7..d7bb61e729f18 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/python/streaming/stateful_network_wordcount.py
+++ b/examples/src/main/python/streaming/stateful_network_wordcount.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-"""
+r"""
  Counts words in UTF8 encoded, '\n' delimited text received from the
  network every second.