diff --git a/git/config.py b/git/config.py
index cd2f10f98..7d962276e 100644
--- a/git/config.py
+++ b/git/config.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class GitConfigParser(with_metaclass(MetaParserBuilder, cp.RawConfigParser, obje
     # They must be compatible to the LockFile interface.
     # A suitable alternative would be the BlockingLockFile
     t_lock = LockFile
-    re_comment = re.compile('^\s*[#;]')
+    re_comment = re.compile(r'^\s*[#;]')
 
     #} END configuration
 
diff --git a/git/remote.py b/git/remote.py
index e5480d0e4..60319ce14 100644
--- a/git/remote.py
+++ b/git/remote.py
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class FetchInfo(object):
     NEW_TAG, NEW_HEAD, HEAD_UPTODATE, TAG_UPDATE, REJECTED, FORCED_UPDATE, \
         FAST_FORWARD, ERROR = [1 << x for x in range(8)]
 
-    re_fetch_result = re.compile('^\s*(.) (\[?[\w\s\.$@]+\]?)\s+(.+) -> ([^\s]+)(    \(.*\)?$)?')
+    re_fetch_result = re.compile(r'^\s*(.) (\[?[\w\s\.$@]+\]?)\s+(.+) -> ([^\s]+)(    \(.*\)?$)?')
 
     _flag_map = {'!': ERROR,
                  '+': FORCED_UPDATE,
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ def __init__(self, repo, name):
 
     def __getattr__(self, attr):
         """Allows to call this instance like
-        remote.special( \*args, \*\*kwargs) to call git-remote special self.name"""
+        remote.special( \\*args, \\*\\*kwargs) to call git-remote special self.name"""
         if attr == "_config_reader":
             return super(Remote, self).__getattr__(attr)
 
diff --git a/git/test/lib/helper.py b/git/test/lib/helper.py
index 7d9f6b957..729c76a4f 100644
--- a/git/test/lib/helper.py
+++ b/git/test/lib/helper.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ def git_daemon_launched(base_path, ip, port):
           and setting the environment variable GIT_PYTHON_TEST_GIT_DAEMON_PORT to <port>
         """)
         if is_win:
-            msg += textwrap.dedent("""
+            msg += textwrap.dedent(r"""
 
             On Windows,
               the `git-daemon.exe` must be in PATH.
diff --git a/git/test/test_git.py b/git/test/test_git.py
index 3ab82b02e..3c8b6f828 100644
--- a/git/test/test_git.py
+++ b/git/test/test_git.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def test_it_transforms_kwargs_into_git_command_arguments(self):
         self.assertEqual(set(['-s', '-t']), set(res))
 
     def test_it_executes_git_to_shell_and_returns_result(self):
-        assert_match('^git version [\d\.]{2}.*$', self.git.execute(["git", "version"]))
+        assert_match(r'^git version [\d\.]{2}.*$', self.git.execute(["git", "version"]))
 
     def test_it_accepts_stdin(self):
         filename = fixture_path("cat_file_blob")
diff --git a/git/test/test_index.py b/git/test/test_index.py
index 071ac623f..e8d38a09a 100644
--- a/git/test/test_index.py
+++ b/git/test/test_index.py
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ def _count_existing(self, repo, files):
     # END num existing helper
 
     @skipIf(HIDE_WINDOWS_KNOWN_ERRORS and Git.is_cygwin(),
-            """FIXME: File "C:\projects\gitpython\git\test\test_index.py", line 642, in test_index_mutation
+            """FIXME: File "C:\\projects\\gitpython\\git\\test\\test_index.py", line 642, in test_index_mutation
                 self.assertEqual(fd.read(), link_target)
                 AssertionError: '!<symlink>\xff\xfe/\x00e\x00t\x00c\x00/\x00t\x00h\x00a\x00t\x00\x00\x00'
                 != '/etc/that'
diff --git a/git/test/test_repo.py b/git/test/test_repo.py
index 755d31d26..86019b73a 100644
--- a/git/test/test_repo.py
+++ b/git/test/test_repo.py
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ def test_blame_complex_revision(self, git):
         self.assertEqual(len(res[0][1]), 83, "Unexpected amount of parsed blame lines")
 
     @skipIf(HIDE_WINDOWS_KNOWN_ERRORS and Git.is_cygwin(),
-            """FIXME: File "C:\projects\gitpython\git\cmd.py", line 671, in execute
+            """FIXME: File "C:\\projects\\gitpython\\git\\cmd.py", line 671, in execute
                     raise GitCommandError(command, status, stderr_value, stdout_value)
                 GitCommandError: Cmd('git') failed due to: exit code(128)
                   cmdline: git add 1__��ava verb��ten 1_test _myfile 1_test_other_file
diff --git a/git/test/test_submodule.py b/git/test/test_submodule.py
index 0a6c48807..9e79a72ca 100644
--- a/git/test/test_submodule.py
+++ b/git/test/test_submodule.py
@@ -423,10 +423,10 @@ def test_base_bare(self, rwrepo):
         self._do_base_tests(rwrepo)
 
     @skipIf(HIDE_WINDOWS_KNOWN_ERRORS and sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 5), """
-        File "C:\projects\gitpython\git\cmd.py", line 559, in execute
+        File "C:\\projects\\gitpython\\git\\cmd.py", line 559, in execute
         raise GitCommandNotFound(command, err)
         git.exc.GitCommandNotFound: Cmd('git') not found due to: OSError('[WinError 6] The handle is invalid')
-        cmdline: git clone -n --shared -v C:\projects\gitpython\.git Users\appveyor\AppData\Local\Temp\1\tmplyp6kr_rnon_bare_test_root_module""")  # noqa E501
+        cmdline: git clone -n --shared -v C:\\projects\\gitpython\\.git Users\\appveyor\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\1\\tmplyp6kr_rnon_bare_test_root_module""")  # noqa E501
     @with_rw_repo(k_subm_current, bare=False)
     def test_root_module(self, rwrepo):
         # Can query everything without problems
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ def test_add_empty_repo(self, rwdir):
         # end for each checkout mode
 
     @skipIf(HIDE_WINDOWS_KNOWN_ERRORS and Git.is_cygwin(),
-            """FIXME: ile "C:\projects\gitpython\git\cmd.py", line 671, in execute
+            """FIXME: ile "C:\\projects\\gitpython\\git\\cmd.py", line 671, in execute
                 raise GitCommandError(command, status, stderr_value, stdout_value)
             GitCommandError: Cmd('git') failed due to: exit code(128)
               cmdline: git add 1__Xava verbXXten 1_test _myfile 1_test_other_file 1_XXava-----verbXXten
diff --git a/git/test/test_tree.py b/git/test/test_tree.py
index ab85bc9c6..5fd4d760b 100644
--- a/git/test/test_tree.py
+++ b/git/test/test_tree.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 class TestTree(TestBase):
 
     @skipIf(HIDE_WINDOWS_KNOWN_ERRORS and sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 5), """
-        File "C:\projects\gitpython\git\cmd.py", line 559, in execute
+        File "C:\\projects\\gitpython\\git\\cmd.py", line 559, in execute
         raise GitCommandNotFound(command, err)
         git.exc.GitCommandNotFound: Cmd('git') not found due to: OSError('[WinError 6] The handle is invalid')
         cmdline: git cat-file --batch-check""")
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def test_serializable(self):
         # END for each item in tree
 
     @skipIf(HIDE_WINDOWS_KNOWN_ERRORS and sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 5), """
-        File "C:\projects\gitpython\git\cmd.py", line 559, in execute
+        File "C:\\projects\\gitpython\\git\\cmd.py", line 559, in execute
         raise GitCommandNotFound(command, err)
         git.exc.GitCommandNotFound: Cmd('git') not found due to: OSError('[WinError 6] The handle is invalid')
         cmdline: git cat-file --batch-check""")