diff --git a/docs/main/Auth/Customization.rst b/docs/main/Auth/Customization.rst
index 7ea569c..ed701b4 100644
--- a/docs/main/Auth/Customization.rst
+++ b/docs/main/Auth/Customization.rst
@@ -172,9 +172,9 @@ quickstart, you should follow the instructions described in this section:
             users = relation('User', secondary=user_group_table, backref='groups')
 
             def __repr__(self):
-                return '<Group: name=%s>' % self.group_name
-
-
+                return (u'<Group: name=%s>' % self.group_name).encode('utf-8')
+        
+        
         class User(DeclarativeBase):
             """Reasonably basic User definition. Probably would want additional
             attributes.
@@ -194,9 +194,9 @@ quickstart, you should follow the instructions described in this section:
             created = Column(DateTime, default=datetime.now)
 
             def __repr__(self):
-                return '<User: email="%s", display name="%s">' % (
-                        self.email_address, self.display_name)
-
+                return (u'<User: email="%s", display name="%s">' % (
+                        self.email_address, self.display_name)).encode('utf-8')
+        
             @property
             def permissions(self):
                 perms = set()
diff --git a/docs/main/SQLAlchemy.rst b/docs/main/SQLAlchemy.rst
index f9de291..ee5463e 100644
--- a/docs/main/SQLAlchemy.rst
+++ b/docs/main/SQLAlchemy.rst
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ oriented way of manipulating your data::
           self.description = description
 
       def __repr__(self):
-          return "<Movie('%s','%s', '%s')>" % (self.title, self.year, self.description)
+          return (u"<Movie('%s','%s', '%s')>" % (self.title, self.year, self.description)).encode('utf-8')
 
 
 If you don't define the __init__ method. You will need to update the
diff --git a/docs/main/explorequickstart.rst b/docs/main/explorequickstart.rst
index 03cfca4..6f9541e 100644
--- a/docs/main/explorequickstart.rst
+++ b/docs/main/explorequickstart.rst
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ And then the Group definition::
         users = relation('User', secondary=user_group_table, backref='groups')
 
         def __repr__(self):
-            return '<Group: name=%s>' % self.group_name
+            return (u'<Group: name=%s>' % self.group_name).encode('utf-8')
 
         def __unicode__(self):
             return self.group_name
@@ -547,8 +547,8 @@ more easily.
 .. code-block:: python
 
         def __repr__(self):
-            return '<User: email="%s", display name="%s">' % (
-                    self.email_address, self.display_name)
+            return (u'<User: email="%s", display name="%s">' % (
+                    self.email_address, self.display_name)).encode('utf-8')
 
         def __unicode__(self):
             return self.display_name or self.user_name
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ simple to understand. And that brings us to the end of our file::
                           backref='permissions')
 
         def __repr__(self):
-            return '<Permission: name=%s>' % self.permission_name
+            return (u'<Permission: name=%s>' % self.permission_name).encode('utf-8')
         def __unicode__(self):
             return self.permission_name
 
diff --git a/docs/main/movie_tutorial.rst b/docs/main/movie_tutorial.rst
index 6e20265..60ad23a 100644
--- a/docs/main/movie_tutorial.rst
+++ b/docs/main/movie_tutorial.rst
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ We'll create a new file "movie.py" in our "model" directory with this content::
         genre = relation('Genre',foreign_keys=genre_id )
         reviewed = Column(Boolean, nullable=False, default=False )
         def __repr__(self):
-            return "<Movie('%s','%s', '%s')>" % (
+            return (u"<Movie('%s','%s', '%s')>" % (
                 self.title, self.year, self.description
-            )
+            )).encode('utf-8')
     class Genre(DeclarativeBase):
         __tablename__ = 'genre'
         id = Column(Integer,primary_key=True)