diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index 3e8f36c2..607f65e1 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -189,5 +189,7 @@ Patches and Suggestions
 - Darren Dormer (`@ddormer <https://github.com/ddormer>`_)
 - Rajiv Mayani (`@mayani <https://github.com/mayani>`_)
 - Antti Kaihola (`@akaihola <https://github.com/akaihola>`_)
+- "Dull Bananas" <dull.bananas0@gmail.com> (`@dullbananas <https://github.com/dullbananas>`_)
+- Alessio Izzo (`@aless10 <https://github.com/aless10>`_)
 - Belavin Denis (`@luckydenis <https://github.com/luckydenis>`_)
 - Dull Bananas <dull.bananas0@gmail.com> (`@dullbananas <https://github.com/dullbananas>`_)
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
index c1fa8785..13fa0000 100644
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 [pytest]
-addopts = -p no:warnings
\ No newline at end of file
+addopts = -p no:warnings --doctest-modules
+doctest_optionflags= NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE ELLIPSIS
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requests/__init__.py b/requests/__init__.py
index 9a899df6..3486f5e1 100644
--- a/requests/__init__.py
+++ b/requests/__init__.py
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
 Requests HTTP Library
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Requests is an HTTP library, written in Python, for human beings. Basic GET
-usage:
+Requests is an HTTP library, written in Python, for human beings.
+Basic GET usage:
 
    >>> import requests
    >>> r = requests.get('https://www.python.org')
    >>> r.status_code
    200
-   >>> 'Python is a programming language' in r.content
+   >>> b'Python is a programming language' in r.content
    True
 
 ... or POST:
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ usage:
    {
      ...
      "form": {
-       "key2": "value2",
-       "key1": "value1"
+       "key1": "value1",
+       "key2": "value2"
      },
      ...
    }
diff --git a/requests/api.py b/requests/api.py
index 88cfdceb..e978e203 100644
--- a/requests/api.py
+++ b/requests/api.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ def request(method, url, **kwargs):
 
       >>> import requests
       >>> req = requests.request('GET', 'https://httpbin.org/get')
+      >>> req
       <Response [200]>
     """
 
diff --git a/requests/models.py b/requests/models.py
index a0592439..ea332e7e 100644
--- a/requests/models.py
+++ b/requests/models.py
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ class PreparedRequest(RequestEncodingMixin, RequestHooksMixin):
       >>> import requests
       >>> req = requests.Request('GET', 'https://httpbin.org/get')
       >>> r = req.prepare()
+      >>> r
       <PreparedRequest [GET]>
 
       >>> s = requests.Session()
diff --git a/requests/sessions.py b/requests/sessions.py
index d97494d9..6d51820c 100644
--- a/requests/sessions.py
+++ b/requests/sessions.py
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ class Session(SessionRedirectMixin):
     Or as a context manager::
 
       >>> with requests.Session() as s:
-      >>>     s.get('https://httpbin.org/get')
+      ...     s.get('https://httpbin.org/get')
       <Response [200]>
     """
 
diff --git a/requests/status_codes.py b/requests/status_codes.py
index 813e8c4e..4e99ad73 100644
--- a/requests/status_codes.py
+++ b/requests/status_codes.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ r"""
 The ``codes`` object defines a mapping from common names for HTTP statuses
 to their numerical codes, accessible either as attributes or as dictionary
 items.
-
+>>> import requests
 >>> requests.codes['temporary_redirect']
 307
 >>> requests.codes.teapot
diff --git a/requests/utils.py b/requests/utils.py
index 5636480d..c1700d7f 100644
--- a/requests/utils.py
+++ b/requests/utils.py
@@ -267,6 +267,8 @@ def from_key_val_list(value):
         >>> from_key_val_list([('key', 'val')])
         OrderedDict([('key', 'val')])
         >>> from_key_val_list('string')
+        Traceback (most recent call last):
+        ...
         ValueError: cannot encode objects that are not 2-tuples
         >>> from_key_val_list({'key': 'val'})
         OrderedDict([('key', 'val')])
@@ -293,7 +295,9 @@ def to_key_val_list(value):
         >>> to_key_val_list({'key': 'val'})
         [('key', 'val')]
         >>> to_key_val_list('string')
-        ValueError: cannot encode objects that are not 2-tuples.
+        Traceback (most recent call last):
+        ...
+        ValueError: cannot encode objects that are not 2-tuples
 
     :rtype: list
     """