diff --git a/galleries/examples/images_contours_and_fields/contourf_hatching.py b/galleries/examples/images_contours_and_fields/contourf_hatching.py
index 020c20b44ec4..b574afdd19af 100644
--- a/galleries/examples/images_contours_and_fields/contourf_hatching.py
+++ b/galleries/examples/images_contours_and_fields/contourf_hatching.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 n_levels = 6
 ax2.contour(x, y, z, n_levels, colors='black', linestyles='-')
 cs = ax2.contourf(x, y, z, n_levels, colors='none',
-                  hatches=['.', '/', '\\', None, '\\\\', '*'],
+                  hatches=['.', '/', '\\', None, r'\\', '*'],
                   extend='lower')
 
 # create a legend for the contour set
diff --git a/galleries/examples/shapes_and_collections/hatch_demo.py b/galleries/examples/shapes_and_collections/hatch_demo.py
index 8d44dba5489b..1ac7a3d8a858 100644
--- a/galleries/examples/shapes_and_collections/hatch_demo.py
+++ b/galleries/examples/shapes_and_collections/hatch_demo.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 axs['patches'].add_patch(Ellipse((4, 50), 10, 10, fill=True,
                                  hatch='*', facecolor='y'))
 axs['patches'].add_patch(Polygon([(10, 20), (30, 50), (50, 10)],
-                                 hatch='\\/...', facecolor='g'))
+                                 hatch=r'\/...', facecolor='g'))
 axs['patches'].set_xlim(0, 40)
 axs['patches'].set_ylim(10, 60)
 axs['patches'].set_aspect(1)