diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
index 1f03c72f..13fa0000 100644
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 [pytest]
-addopts = -p no:warnings --doctest-modules
\ 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 8226e20f..3486f5e1 100644
--- a/requests/__init__.py
+++ b/requests/__init__.py
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ Basic GET usage:
    >>> payload = dict(key1='value1', key2='value2')
    >>> r = requests.post('https://httpbin.org/post', data=payload)
    >>> print(r.text)
-   ... # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
-   ... # doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
    {
      ...
      "form": {