diff --git a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
index c5be7dc25b3271..44f976350ad7ed 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ we also call *flavours*:
    A subclass of :class:`PurePath`, this path flavour represents non-Windows
    filesystem paths::
 
-      >>> PurePosixPath('/etc')
-      PurePosixPath('/etc')
+      >>> PurePosixPath('/etc/hosts')
+      PurePosixPath('/etc/hosts')
 
    *pathsegments* is specified similarly to :class:`PurePath`.
 
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ we also call *flavours*:
    A subclass of :class:`PurePath`, this path flavour represents Windows
    filesystem paths, including `UNC paths`_::
 
-      >>> PureWindowsPath('c:/Program Files/')
-      PureWindowsPath('c:/Program Files')
+      >>> PureWindowsPath('c:/', 'Users', 'Ximénez')
+      PureWindowsPath('c:/Users/Ximénez')
       >>> PureWindowsPath('//server/share/file')
       PureWindowsPath('//server/share/file')
 
@@ -762,8 +762,8 @@ calls on path objects.  There are three ways to instantiate concrete paths:
    A subclass of :class:`Path` and :class:`PurePosixPath`, this class
    represents concrete non-Windows filesystem paths::
 
-      >>> PosixPath('/etc')
-      PosixPath('/etc')
+      >>> PosixPath('/etc/hosts')
+      PosixPath('/etc/hosts')
 
    *pathsegments* is specified similarly to :class:`PurePath`.
 
@@ -772,8 +772,8 @@ calls on path objects.  There are three ways to instantiate concrete paths:
    A subclass of :class:`Path` and :class:`PureWindowsPath`, this class
    represents concrete Windows filesystem paths::
 
-      >>> WindowsPath('c:/Program Files/')
-      WindowsPath('c:/Program Files')
+      >>> WindowsPath('c:/', 'Users', 'Ximénez')
+      WindowsPath('c:/Users/Ximénez')
 
    *pathsegments* is specified similarly to :class:`PurePath`.