diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst b/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst
index deabac5253051c..7778e37a9adaa9 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst
@@ -184,11 +184,11 @@ If you don't want characters prefaced by ``\`` to be interpreted as
 special characters, you can use *raw strings* by adding an ``r`` before
 the first quote::
 
-   >>> print('C:\some\name')  # here \n means newline!
-   C:\some
+   >>> print('C:\this\name')  # here \t means tab, \n means newline
+   C:      his
    ame
-   >>> print(r'C:\some\name')  # note the r before the quote
-   C:\some\name
+   >>> print(r'C:\this\name')  # note the r before the quote
+   C:\this\name
 
 There is one subtle aspect to raw strings: a raw string may not end in
 an odd number of ``\`` characters; see