diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 702504e..8271e8c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ language: python
 sudo: false
 matrix:
   include:
-    - python: 2.7
-      env: DOCS=1
-      # The doctests only run on Python 2.7
     - python: 2.7
       env: MINIMAL="-t !persistentregistry -t !security"
 python:
@@ -13,12 +10,11 @@ python:
   - 3.5
   - 3.6
   - pypy-5.6.0
-  - pypy3.3-5.5-alpha
 
 script:
   - coverage run -m zope.testrunner --test-path=src $MINIMAL
-  - if [[ -n "$DOCS" ]]; then sphinx-build -b html    -d docs/_build/doctrees docs docs/_build/html; fi
-  - if [[ -n "$DOCS" ]]; then coverage run `which sphinx-build` -b doctest -d docs/_build/doctrees docs docs/_build/doctest; fi
+  - if [[ -z "$MINIMAL" ]]; then sphinx-build                      -b html    -d docs/_build/doctrees docs docs/_build/html; fi
+  - if [[ -z "$MINIMAL" ]]; then coverage run -a `which sphinx-build` -b doctest -d docs/_build/doctrees docs docs/_build/doctest; fi
 
 after_success:
   - coveralls
diff --git a/docs/api/adapter.rst b/docs/api/adapter.rst
index 992d9e5..33e8491 100644
--- a/docs/api/adapter.rst
+++ b/docs/api/adapter.rst
@@ -358,14 +358,21 @@ Let's register some adapters first:
    >>> gsm.registerAdapter(Comp, [None], I5, 'foo')
 
 Now we get all the adapters that are registered for ``ob`` that provide
-``I5``:
+``I5`` (note that the names are always text strings, meaning that on
+Python 2 the names will be ``unicode``):
 
 .. doctest::
 
    >>> from zope.component import getAdapters
    >>> adapters = sorted(getAdapters((ob,), I5))
-   >>> [(name, adapter.__class__.__name__) for name, adapter in adapters]
-   [(u'', 'Comp'), (u'foo', 'Comp')]
+   >>> [(str(name), adapter.__class__.__name__) for name, adapter in adapters]
+   [('', 'Comp'), ('foo', 'Comp')]
+   >>> try:
+   ...    text = unicode
+   ... except NameError:
+   ...    text = str # Python 3
+   >>> [isinstance(name, text) for name, _ in adapters]
+   [True, True]
 
 Note that the output doesn't include None values. If an adapter
 factory returns None, it is as if it wasn't present.
@@ -374,8 +381,8 @@ factory returns None, it is as if it wasn't present.
 
    >>> gsm.registerAdapter(lambda context: None, [I1], I5, 'nah')
    >>> adapters = sorted(getAdapters((ob,), I5))
-   >>> [(name, adapter.__class__.__name__) for name, adapter in adapters]
-   [(u'', 'Comp'), (u'foo', 'Comp')]
+   >>> [(str(name), adapter.__class__.__name__) for name, adapter in adapters]
+   [('', 'Comp'), ('foo', 'Comp')]
 
 
 Subscription Adapters
@@ -402,4 +409,3 @@ Helpers for Declaring / Testing Adapters
 
    from zope.component.testing import tearDown
    tearDown()
-
diff --git a/docs/api/interface.rst b/docs/api/interface.rst
index fbaf57f..ff456f7 100644
--- a/docs/api/interface.rst
+++ b/docs/api/interface.rst
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ We can register ``IDemo`` as providing more than one interface:
    False
    >>> queryInterface('zope.component.tests.examples.IQI') is None
    True
-   
+
    >>> provideInterface('', IQI, ITestType)
    >>> ITestType.providedBy(IQI)
    True
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ We can register ``IDemo`` as providing more than one interface:
    >>> provideInterface('', ISII, ITestType)
    >>> ITestType.providedBy(ISII)
    True
-   >>> searchInterfaceIds(None, 'zope.component.tests.examples.ISII')
-   [u'zope.component.tests.examples.ISII']
+   >>> [str(x) for x in searchInterfaceIds(None, 'zope.component.tests.examples.ISII')]
+   ['zope.component.tests.examples.ISII']
 
 .. testcleanup::
 
diff --git a/docs/api/persistent.rst b/docs/api/persistent.rst
index 69c9e4b..eaad08f 100644
--- a/docs/api/persistent.rst
+++ b/docs/api/persistent.rst
@@ -167,11 +167,11 @@ We want to make sure that we see updates corrextly.
     >>> import persistent
     >>> import transaction
     >>> from zope.interface import Interface
-    >>> from zope.interface import implements
+    >>> from zope.interface import implementer
     >>> class IFoo(Interface):
     ...     pass
-    >>> class Foo(persistent.Persistent):
-    ...     implements(IFoo)
+    >>> @implementer(IFoo)
+    ... class Foo(persistent.Persistent):
     ...     name = ''
     ...     def __init__(self, name=''):
     ...         self.name = name
diff --git a/docs/event.rst b/docs/event.rst
index bc10e8d..bf87472 100644
--- a/docs/event.rst
+++ b/docs/event.rst
@@ -76,9 +76,10 @@ First create an object class:
    >>> class IUseless(zope.interface.Interface):
    ...     """Useless object"""
 
-   >>> class UselessObject(object):
+   >>> @zope.interface.implementer(IUseless)
+   ... class UselessObject(object):
    ...     """Useless object"""
-   ...     zope.interface.implements(IUseless)
+
 
 Then create an event class:
 
@@ -87,9 +88,9 @@ Then create an event class:
    >>> class IObjectThrownEvent(zope.component.interfaces.IObjectEvent):
    ...     """An object has been thrown away"""
 
-   >>> class ObjectThrownEvent(zope.component.interfaces.ObjectEvent):
+   >>> @zope.interface.implementer(IObjectThrownEvent)
+   ... class ObjectThrownEvent(zope.component.interfaces.ObjectEvent):
    ...     """An object has been thrown away"""
-   ...     zope.interface.implements(IObjectThrownEvent)
 
 Create an object and an event:
 
diff --git a/docs/factory.rst b/docs/factory.rst
index 3e90856..d957da3 100644
--- a/docs/factory.rst
+++ b/docs/factory.rst
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ The Factory Class
    >>> class IKlass(Interface):
    ...     pass
 
-   >>> from zope.interface import implements
-   >>> class Klass(object):
-   ...     implements(IKlass)
-   ... 
+   >>> from zope.interface import implementer
+   >>> @implementer(IKlass)
+   ... class Klass(object):
+   ...
    ...     def __init__(self, *args, **kw): #*
    ...         self.args = args
    ...         self.kw = kw
@@ -53,14 +53,14 @@ and make sure that the correct class was used to create the object:
    <class 'Klass'>
 
 Since we passed in a couple positional and a keyword argument
-  
+
 .. doctest::
 
    >>> kl.args
    (1, 2)
    >>> kl.kw
    {'foo': 3}
-   
+
    >>> factory2(3)
    3
    >>> factory3(3)
@@ -94,16 +94,16 @@ Provided Interfaces
    >>> implemented = factory.getInterfaces()
    >>> implemented.isOrExtends(IKlass)
    True
-   >>> list(implemented)
-   [<InterfaceClass __builtin__.IKlass>]
-   
+   >>> list(implemented) == [IKlass]
+   True
+
    >>> implemented2 = factory2.getInterfaces()
    >>> list(implemented2)
    []
-   
+
    >>> implemented3 = factory3.getInterfaces()
-   >>> list(implemented3)
-   [<InterfaceClass __builtin__.IFunction>]
+   >>> list(implemented3) == [IFunction]
+   True
 
 
 The Component Architecture Factory API
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ The Component Architecture Factory API
 
    >>> import zope.component
    >>> factory = Factory(Klass, 'Klass', 'Klassier')
-   >>> gsm = zope.component.getGlobalSiteManager() 
+   >>> gsm = zope.component.getGlobalSiteManager()
 
    >>> from zope.component.interfaces import IFactory
    >>> gsm.registerUtility(factory, IFactory, 'klass')
@@ -139,15 +139,14 @@ Accessing Provided Interfaces
    >>> implemented = zope.component.getFactoryInterfaces('klass')
    >>> implemented.isOrExtends(IKlass)
    True
-   >>> [iface for iface in implemented]
-   [<InterfaceClass __builtin__.IKlass>]
+   >>> [iface for iface in implemented] == [IKlass]
+   True
 
 List of All Factories
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 .. doctest::
 
-   >>> [(name, fac.__class__) for name, fac in
+   >>> [(str(name), fac.__class__) for name, fac in
    ...  zope.component.getFactoriesFor(IKlass)]
-   [(u'klass', <class 'zope.component.factory.Factory'>)]
-
+   [('klass', <class 'zope.component.factory.Factory'>)]
diff --git a/docs/hooks.rst b/docs/hooks.rst
index 76fc6fd..713d12f 100644
--- a/docs/hooks.rst
+++ b/docs/hooks.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ As long as we haven't set a site, none is being considered current:
 .. doctest::
 
    >>> from zope.component.hooks import getSite
-   >>> print getSite()
+   >>> print(getSite())
    None
 
 We can also ask for the current component registry (aka site manager
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Finally we can unset the site and the global component registry is used again:
 .. doctest::
 
    >>> setSite()
-   >>> print getSite()
+   >>> print(getSite())
    None
    >>> getSiteManager()
    <BaseGlobalComponents base>
@@ -86,12 +86,12 @@ useful when writing tests:
 .. doctest::
 
    >>> import zope.component.hooks
-   >>> print getSite()
+   >>> print(getSite())
    None
    >>> with zope.component.hooks.site(site2):
    ...     getSite() is site2
    True
-   >>> print getSite()
+   >>> print(getSite())
    None
 
 The site is properly restored even if the body of the with statement
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ raises an exception:
 
 .. doctest::
 
-   >>> print getSite()
+   >>> print(getSite())
    None
    >>> with zope.component.hooks.site(site2):
    ...    getSite() is site2
@@ -107,6 +107,5 @@ raises an exception:
    Traceback (most recent call last):
       ...
    ValueError: An error in the body
-   >>> print getSite()
+   >>> print(getSite())
    None
-
diff --git a/docs/narr.rst b/docs/narr.rst
index ddc1de9..a1b7469 100644
--- a/docs/narr.rst
+++ b/docs/narr.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Zope Component Architecture
 ===========================
 
+.. currentmodule:: zope.component
+
 This package, together with `zope.interface`, provides facilities for
 defining, registering and looking up components.  There are two basic
 kinds of components: adapters and utilities.
@@ -14,22 +16,23 @@ definition:
 
 .. doctest::
 
+   >>> from __future__ import print_function
    >>> from zope import interface
 
    >>> class IGreeter(interface.Interface):
    ...     def greet():
    ...         "say hello"
 
-   >>> class Greeter:
-   ...     interface.implements(IGreeter)
+   >>> @interface.implementer(IGreeter)
+   ... class Greeter(object):
    ...
    ...     def __init__(self, other="world"):
    ...         self.other = other
    ...
    ...     def greet(self):
-   ...         print "Hello", self.other
+   ...         print(("Hello %s" % (self.other)))
 
-We can register an instance this class using `provideUtility` [1]_:
+We can register an instance this class using :func:`provideUtility` [1]_:
 
 .. doctest::
 
@@ -37,9 +40,9 @@ We can register an instance this class using `provideUtility` [1]_:
    >>> greet = Greeter('bob')
    >>> component.provideUtility(greet, IGreeter, 'robert')
 
-In this example we registered the utility as providing the `IGreeter`
+In this example we registered the utility as providing the ``IGreeter``
 interface with a name of 'bob'. We can look the interface up with
-either `queryUtility` or `getUtility`:
+either :func:`queryUtility` or :func:`getUtility`:
 
 .. doctest::
 
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ either `queryUtility` or `getUtility`:
    >>> component.getUtility(IGreeter, 'robert').greet()
    Hello bob
 
-`queryUtility` and `getUtility` differ in how failed lookups are handled:
+:func:`queryUtility` and :func:`getUtility` differ in how failed lookups are handled:
 
 .. doctest::
 
@@ -63,7 +66,7 @@ either `queryUtility` or `getUtility`:
    ComponentLookupError: (<InterfaceClass ...IGreeter>, 'ted')
 
 If a component provides only one interface, as in the example above,
-then we can omit the provided interface from the call to `provideUtility`:
+then we can omit the provided interface from the call to :func:`provideUtility`:
 
 .. doctest::
 
@@ -95,21 +98,20 @@ for different people:
    >>> class IPerson(interface.Interface):
    ...     name = interface.Attribute("Name")
 
-   >>> class PersonGreeter:
-   ...
-   ...     component.adapts(IPerson)
-   ...     interface.implements(IGreeter)
+   >>> @component.adapter(IPerson)
+   ... @interface.implementer(IGreeter)
+   ... class PersonGreeter(object):
    ...
    ...     def __init__(self, person):
    ...         self.person = person
    ...
    ...     def greet(self):
-   ...         print "Hello", self.person.name
+   ...         print("Hello", self.person.name)
 
 The class defines a constructor that takes an argument for every
 object adapted.
 
-We used `component.adapts` to declare what we adapt.  We can find
+We used :func:`adapter` to declare what we adapt.  We can find
 out if an object declares that it adapts anything using adaptedBy:
 
 .. doctest::
@@ -139,8 +141,8 @@ interface:
 
 .. doctest::
 
-   >>> class Person:
-   ...     interface.implements(IPerson)
+   >>> @interface.implementer(IPerson)
+   ... class Person(object):
    ...
    ...     def __init__(self, name):
    ...         self.name = name
@@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ how to register the adapter.
    >>> class BobPersonGreeter(PersonGreeter):
    ...     name = 'Bob'
    ...     def greet(self):
-   ...         print "Hello", self.person.name, "my name is", self.name
+   ...         print("Hello", self.person.name, "my name is", self.name)
 
    >>> component.provideAdapter(
    ...                        BobPersonGreeter, [IPerson], IGreeter, 'bob')
@@ -172,7 +174,7 @@ The arguments can also be provided as keyword arguments:
    ...     factory=TedPersonGreeter, adapts=[IPerson],
    ...     provides=IGreeter, name='ted')
 
-For named adapters, use `queryAdapter`, or `getAdapter`:
+For named adapters, use :func:`queryAdapter`, or :func:`getAdapter`:
 
 .. doctest::
 
@@ -182,8 +184,8 @@ For named adapters, use `queryAdapter`, or `getAdapter`:
    >>> component.getAdapter(Person("Sally"), IGreeter, 'ted').greet()
    Hello Sally my name is Ted
 
-If an adapter can't be found, `queryAdapter` returns a default value
-and `getAdapter` raises an error:
+If an adapter can't be found, :func:`queryAdapter` returns a default value
+and :func:`getAdapter` raises an error:
 
 .. doctest::
 
@@ -200,18 +202,17 @@ Adapters can adapt multiple objects:
 
 .. doctest::
 
-   >>> class TwoPersonGreeter:
-   ...
-   ...     component.adapts(IPerson, IPerson)
-   ...     interface.implements(IGreeter)
+   >>> @component.adapter(IPerson, IPerson)
+   ... @interface.implementer(IGreeter)
+   ... class TwoPersonGreeter(object):
    ...
    ...     def __init__(self, person, greeter):
    ...         self.person = person
    ...         self.greeter = greeter
    ...
    ...     def greet(self):
-   ...         print "Hello", self.person.name
-   ...         print "my name is", self.greeter.name
+   ...         print("Hello", self.person.name)
+   ...         print("my name is", self.greeter.name)
 
    >>> component.provideAdapter(TwoPersonGreeter)
 
@@ -221,8 +222,8 @@ parameters given to the adapter and used to query the adapter. This is
 especially the case when different Interfaces are adapt to (opposed to
 this example).
 
-To look up a multi-adapter, use either `queryMultiAdapter` or
-`getMultiAdapter`:
+To look up a multi-adapter, use either :func:`queryMultiAdapter` or
+:func:`getMultiAdapter`:
 
 .. doctest::
 
@@ -250,7 +251,7 @@ adapter decorator to declare that a callable object adapts some interfaces
 
 
 In this example, the personJob function simply returns the person's
-`job` attribute if present, or None if it's not present.  An adapter
+``job`` attribute if present, or None if it's not present.  An adapter
 factory can return None to indicate that adaptation wasn't possible.
 Let's register this adapter and try it out:
 
@@ -302,8 +303,8 @@ Perhaps we have documents:
    ...     summary = interface.Attribute("Document summary")
    ...     body = interface.Attribute("Document text")
 
-   >>> class Document:
-   ...     interface.implements(IDocument)
+   >>> @interface.implementer(IDocument)
+   ... class Document(object):
    ...     def __init__(self, summary, body):
    ...         self.summary, self.body = summary, body
 
@@ -313,9 +314,9 @@ line:
 
 .. doctest::
 
-   >>> class SingleLineSummary:
-   ...     component.adapts(IDocument)
-   ...     interface.implements(IValidate)
+   >>> @component.adapter(IDocument)
+   ... @interface.implementer(IValidate)
+   ... class SingleLineSummary(object):
    ...
    ...     def __init__(self, doc):
    ...         self.doc = doc
@@ -330,10 +331,9 @@ Or we might require the body to be at least 1000 characters in length:
 
 .. doctest::
 
-   >>> class AdequateLength:
-   ...     component.adapts(IDocument)
-   ...     interface.implements(IValidate)
-   ...
+   >>> @component.adapter(IDocument)
+   ... @interface.implementer(IValidate)
+   ... class AdequateLength(object):
    ...     def __init__(self, doc):
    ...         self.doc = doc
    ...
@@ -410,8 +410,8 @@ To register the subscriber above, we define a document-created event:
    >>> class IDocumentCreated(interface.Interface):
    ...     doc = interface.Attribute("The document that was created")
 
-   >>> class DocumentCreated:
-   ...     interface.implements(IDocumentCreated)
+   >>> @interface.implementer(IDocumentCreated)
+   ... class DocumentCreated(object):
    ...
    ...     def __init__(self, doc):
    ...         self.doc = doc
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ We'll also change our handler definition to:
    ... def documentCreated(event):
    ...     event.doc.created = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
 
-This marks the handler as an adapter of `IDocumentCreated` events.
+This marks the handler as an adapter of ``IDocumentCreated`` events.
 
 Now we'll register the handler  [1]_:
 
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ Now we'll register the handler  [1]_:
 
    >>> component.provideHandler(documentCreated)
 
-Now, if we can create an event and use the `handle` function to call
+Now, if we can create an event and use the :func:`handle` function to call
 handlers registered for the event:
 
 .. doctest::
diff --git a/docs/socketexample.rst b/docs/socketexample.rst
index ed4edea..4638667 100644
--- a/docs/socketexample.rst
+++ b/docs/socketexample.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ The component architecture provides an application framework that provides its
 functionality through loosely-connected components. A *component* can be any
 Python object and has a particular purpose associated with it. Thus, in a
 component-based applications you have many small component in contrast to
-classical object-oriented development, where you have a few big objects. 
+classical object-oriented development, where you have a few big objects.
 
 Components communicate via specific APIs, which are formally defined by
 interfaces, which are provided by the `zope.interface` package. *Interfaces*
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ So let's say that we have a German socket:
 
 .. doctest::
 
-   >>> from zope.interface import Interface, implements
+   >>> from zope.interface import Interface, implementer
 
    >>> class IGermanSocket(Interface):
    ...     pass
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ So let's say that we have a German socket:
    ...     def __repr__(self):
    ...         return '<instance of %s>' %self.__class__.__name__
 
-   >>> class GermanSocket(Socket):
+   >>> @implementer(IGermanSocket)
+   ... class GermanSocket(Socket):
    ...     """German wall socket."""
-   ...     implements(IGermanSocket)
 
 and we want to convert it to an US socket
 
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ store to look for an adapter that we can plug in the wall:
 
 .. doctest::
 
-   >>> class GermanToUSSocketAdapter(Socket):
-   ...     implements(IUSSocket)
+   >>> @implementer(IUSSocket)
+   ... class GermanToUSSocketAdapter(Socket):
    ...     __used_for__ = IGermanSocket
-   ...     
+   ...
    ...     def __init__(self, socket):
    ...         self.context = socket
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ so that the socket now provides the US version:
    >>> IUSSocket.providedBy(bathroomUS)
    True
 
-Now you can insert your shaver and get on with your day. 
+Now you can insert your shaver and get on with your day.
 
 After a week you travel for a couple of days to the Prague and you notice that
 the Czech have yet another socket type:
@@ -128,8 +128,9 @@ the Czech have yet another socket type:
    >>> class ICzechSocket(Interface):
    ...     pass
 
-   >>> class CzechSocket(Socket):
-   ...     implements(ICzechSocket)
+   >>> @implementer(ICzechSocket)
+   ... class CzechSocket(Socket):
+   ...     pass
 
    >>> czech = CzechSocket()
 
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ you do not have one:
    ... #doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
-   ComponentLookupError: (<instance of CzechSocket>, 
+   ComponentLookupError: (<instance of CzechSocket>,
                            <InterfaceClass __builtin__.IUSSocket>,
                            '')
 
@@ -171,10 +172,10 @@ frequency of the AC current:
 
 .. doctest::
 
-   >>> class GermanToUSSocketAdapterAndTransformer(object):
-   ...     implements(IUSSocket)
+   >>> @implementer(IUSSocket)
+   ... class GermanToUSSocketAdapterAndTransformer(object):
    ...     __used_for__ = IGermanSocket
-   ...     
+   ...
    ...     def __init__(self, socket):
    ...         self.context = socket
 
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ Clearly, we do not have an adapter for the MP3 player
    ... #doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
-   ComponentLookupError: (<instance of GermanSocket>, 
+   ComponentLookupError: (<instance of GermanSocket>,
                            <InterfaceClass __builtin__.IUSSocket>,
                            'mp3')
 
@@ -222,15 +223,27 @@ to know about all the adapters that convert a German to a US socket type:
    >>> sockets = list(zope.component.getAdapters((bathroomDE,), IUSSocket))
    >>> len(sockets)
    3
-   >>> names = [name for name, socket in sockets]
-   >>> names.sort()
+   >>> names = sorted([str(name) for name, socket in sockets])
    >>> names
-   [u'', u'dvd', u'shaver']
+   ['', 'dvd', 'shaver']
 
-`zope.component.getAdapters()` returns a list of tuples. The first
+:func:`zope.component.getAdapters` returns a list of tuples. The first
 entry of the tuple is the name of the adapter and the second is the
 adapter itself.
 
+Note that the names are always text strings, meaning ``unicode`` on
+Python 2:
+
+.. doctest::
+
+   >>> try:
+   ...    text = unicode
+   ... except NameError:
+   ...    text = str
+   >>> [isinstance(name, text) for name, _ in sockets]
+   [True, True, True]
+
+
 
 Multi-Adapters
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -253,8 +266,8 @@ buy yet another adapter, but a piece that provides the grounding plug:
    >>> class IGrounder(Interface):
    ...     pass
 
-   >>> class Grounder(object):
-   ...     implements(IGrounder)
+   >>> @implementer(IGrounder)
+   ... class Grounder(object):
    ...     def __repr__(self):
    ...         return '<instance of Grounder>'
 
@@ -263,8 +276,8 @@ Then together they will provided a grounded us socket:
 
 .. doctest::
 
-   >>> class GroundedGermanToUSSocketAdapter(object):
-   ...     implements(IUSGroundedSocket)
+   >>> @implementer(IUSGroundedSocket)
+   ... class GroundedGermanToUSSocketAdapter(object):
    ...     __used_for__ = (IGermanSocket, IGrounder)
    ...     def __init__(self, socket, grounder):
    ...         self.socket, self.grounder = socket, grounder
@@ -293,7 +306,7 @@ we can now get a grounded US socket:
 
 .. doctest::
 
-   >>> socket = zope.component.getMultiAdapter((livingroom, grounder), 
+   >>> socket = zope.component.getMultiAdapter((livingroom, grounder),
    ...                                         IUSGroundedSocket, 'mp3')
 
 .. doctest::
@@ -314,8 +327,8 @@ Of course, you do not have a 'dvd' grounded US socket available:
    ... #doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
-   ComponentLookupError: ((<instance of GermanSocket>, 
-                           <instance of Grounder>), 
+   ComponentLookupError: ((<instance of GermanSocket>,
+                           <instance of Grounder>),
                            <InterfaceClass __builtin__.IUSGroundedSocket>,
                            'dvd')
 
@@ -345,8 +358,9 @@ Let's say one of our adapters overheated and caused a small fire:
    >>> class IFire(Interface):
    ...     pass
 
-   >>> class Fire(object):
-   ...     implements(IFire)
+   >>> @implementer(IFire)
+   ... class Fire(object):
+   ...     pass
 
    >>> fire = Fire()
 
@@ -358,12 +372,18 @@ We want to use all available objects to put out the fire:
    ...     def extinguish():
    ...         pass
 
-   >>> class FireExtinguisher(object):
+   >>> from functools import total_ordering
+   >>> @total_ordering
+   ... class FireExtinguisher(object):
    ...     def __init__(self, fire):
    ...         pass
    ...     def extinguish(self):
    ...         "Place extinguish code here."
-   ...         print 'Used ' + self.__class__.__name__ + '.'
+   ...         print('Used ' + self.__class__.__name__ + '.')
+   ...     def __lt__(self, other):
+   ...         return type(self).__name__ < type(other).__name__
+   ...     def __eq__(self, other):
+   ...         return self is other
 
 Here some specific methods to put out the fire:
 
@@ -371,7 +391,7 @@ Here some specific methods to put out the fire:
 
    >>> class PowderExtinguisher(FireExtinguisher):
    ...     pass
-   >>> gsm.registerSubscriptionAdapter(PowderExtinguisher, 
+   >>> gsm.registerSubscriptionAdapter(PowderExtinguisher,
    ...                                 (IFire,), IFireExtinguisher)
 
    >>> class Blanket(FireExtinguisher):
@@ -396,7 +416,7 @@ Now let use all these things to put out the fire:
    Used SprinklerSystem.
 
 If no subscribers are found for a particular object, then an empty list is
-returned: 
+returned:
 
 .. doctest::
 
@@ -429,8 +449,8 @@ electric generator. The generator provides of course a US-style socket:
 
 .. doctest::
 
-   >>> class Generator(object):
-   ...     implements(IUSSocket)
+   >>> @implementer(IUSSocket)
+   ... class Generator(object):
    ...     def __repr__(self):
    ...         return '<instance of Generator>'
 
@@ -492,8 +512,8 @@ panels that provide a regular US-style socket as output:
 
 .. doctest::
 
-   >>> class SolarPanel(object):
-   ...     implements(IUSSocket)
+   >>> @implementer(IUSSocket)
+   ... class SolarPanel(object):
    ...     def __repr__(self):
    ...         return '<instance of Solar Panel>'
 
@@ -537,11 +557,9 @@ following API function will return a list of name/utility pairs:
 
 .. doctest::
 
-   >>> utils = list(zope.component.getUtilitiesFor(IUSSocket))
-   >>> utils.sort()
-   >>> utils #doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
-   [(u'', <instance of Generator>), 
-      (u'Solar Panel', <instance of Solar Panel>)]
+   >>> utils = sorted(list(zope.component.getUtilitiesFor(IUSSocket)))
+   >>> [(str(name), socket) for name, socket in utils]
+   [('', <instance of Generator>), ('Solar Panel', <instance of Solar Panel>)]
 
 Another method of looking up all utilities is by using
 `getAllUtilitiesRegisteredFor(iface)`. This function will return an iterable
@@ -551,8 +569,8 @@ need this method.
 
 .. doctest::
 
-   >>> utils = list(zope.component.getAllUtilitiesRegisteredFor(IUSSocket))
-   >>> utils.sort()
+   >>> utils = sorted(list(zope.component.getAllUtilitiesRegisteredFor(IUSSocket)),
+   ...                key=lambda x: type(x).__name__)
    >>> utils
    [<instance of Generator>, <instance of Solar Panel>]
 
@@ -577,7 +595,7 @@ the solar panel. To do this, we can use a standard implementation of the
 .. doctest::
 
    >>> from zope.component.factory import Factory
-   >>> factory = Factory(SolarPanel, 
+   >>> factory = Factory(SolarPanel,
    ...                   'Solar Panel',
    ...                   'This factory creates a solar panel.')
 
@@ -631,11 +649,9 @@ providing a certain interface:
 .. doctest::
 
    >>> factories = zope.component.getFactoriesFor(IUSSocket)
-   >>> factories = [(name, factory.__class__) for name, factory in factories]
-   >>> factories.sort()
-   >>> factories #doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
-   [(u'Generator', <class 'zope.component.factory.Factory'>), 
-      (u'SolarPanel', <class 'zope.component.factory.Factory'>)]
+   >>> factories = sorted([(name, factory.__class__) for name, factory in factories])
+   >>> [(str(name), kind) for name, kind in factories]
+   [('Generator', <class 'zope.component.factory.Factory'>), ('SolarPanel', <class 'zope.component.factory.Factory'>)]
 
 
 Site Managers
diff --git a/docs/testlayer.rst b/docs/testlayer.rst
index 5388d51..98dc96c 100644
--- a/docs/testlayer.rst
+++ b/docs/testlayer.rst
@@ -21,16 +21,16 @@ own. We do this simply by subclassing:
    >>> class OurLayer(LayerBase):
    ...     def setUp(self):
    ...         super(OurLayer, self).setUp()
-   ...         print "setUp called"
+   ...         print("setUp called")
    ...     def tearDown(self):
    ...         super(OurLayer, self).tearDown()
-   ...         print "tearDown called"
+   ...         print("tearDown called")
    ...     def testSetUp(self):
    ...         super(OurLayer, self).testSetUp()
-   ...         print "testSetUp called"
+   ...         print("testSetUp called")
    ...     def testTearDown(self):
    ...         super(OurLayer, self).testTearDown()
-   ...         print "testTearDown called"
+   ...         print("testTearDown called")
 
 Note that if we wanted to ensure that the methods of the superclass
 were called we have to use super(). In this case we actually wouldn't
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Now we run some tests with this layer:
    ...    layer = layer
    ...
    ...    def testFoo(self):
-   ...        print "testFoo"
+   ...        print("testFoo")
    >>> suite = unittest.TestSuite()
    >>> suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TestCase))
    >>> from zope.testrunner.runner import Runner
@@ -108,4 +108,3 @@ Since the ZCML sets up an adapter, we expect the tests to pass:
      Ran 1 tests with 0 failures, 0 errors and 0 skipped in ... seconds.
    Tearing down left over layers:
      Tear down zope.component.testfiles.ZCMLFileLayer in ... seconds.
-
diff --git a/docs/zcml.rst b/docs/zcml.rst
index cb94284..f5b4f63 100644
--- a/docs/zcml.rst
+++ b/docs/zcml.rst
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ This helper will let us easily execute ZCML snippets:
 
 .. doctest::
 
-   >>> from cStringIO import StringIO
+   >>> from io import BytesIO
    >>> from zope.configuration.xmlconfig import xmlconfig
    >>> def runSnippet(snippet):
    ...     template = """\
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ This helper will let us easily execute ZCML snippets:
    ...                i18n_domain="zope">
    ...     %s
    ...     </configure>"""
-   ...     xmlconfig(StringIO(template % snippet))
+   ...     xmlconfig(BytesIO((template % snippet).encode("ascii")))
 
 adapter
 -------
@@ -225,8 +225,10 @@ instance of the ``Content`` class:
 .. doctest::
 
    >>> import zope.interface
-   >>> class MyContent:
-   ...     zope.interface.implements(IContent)
+   >>> @zope.interface.implementer(IContent)
+   ... class MyContent(object):
+   ...     pass
+
    >>> zope.component.getAdapter(MyContent(), I1, '')  # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
    Traceback (most recent call last):
       ...
@@ -495,7 +497,7 @@ adapter:
    >>> p = ProxyFactory(ob)
    >>> a = I1(p)
    >>> type(a)
-   <type 'zope.security._proxy._Proxy'>
+   <... 'zope.security...proxy...Proxy...'>
 
 While the adapter is security-proxied, the object it adapts is now
 proxy-free.  The adapter has umlimited access to it:
@@ -544,7 +546,7 @@ adapter:
    >>> p = ProxyFactory(ob)
    >>> a = I1(p)
    >>> type(a)
-   <type 'zope.security._proxy._Proxy'>
+   <... 'zope.security...proxy...Proxy...'>
 
 Since we protected the adapter with a permission, we now encounter a
 location proxy behind the security proxy:
@@ -576,7 +578,7 @@ permission (``zope.Public``), there will be no location proxy:
    >>> p = ProxyFactory(ob)
    >>> a = I1(p)
    >>> type(a)
-   <type 'zope.security._proxy._Proxy'>
+   <... 'zope.security...proxy...Proxy...'>
 
    >>> a = removeSecurityProxy(a)
    >>> type(a) is A1
@@ -601,7 +603,7 @@ get location proxies:
    >>> p = ProxyFactory(ob)
    >>> a = I1(p)
    >>> type(a)
-   <type 'zope.security._proxy._Proxy'>
+   <... 'zope.security...proxy...Proxy...'>
 
    >>> a = removeSecurityProxy(a)
    >>> type(a)
@@ -614,7 +616,7 @@ subscriber
 With the <subscriber /> directive you can register subscription
 adapters or event subscribers with the adapter registry.  Consider
 this very typical example of a <subscriber /> directive:
- 
+
 .. doctest::
 
    >>> clearZCML()
@@ -644,7 +646,7 @@ components, such as the ZCML filename and line numbers:
    >>> sm = zope.component.getSiteManager()
    >>> doc = [reg.info for reg in sm.registeredSubscriptionAdapters()
    ...        if reg.provided is IS][0]
-   >>> print doc
+   >>> print(doc)
    File "<string>", line 4.2-9.8
      Could not read source.
 
@@ -818,7 +820,7 @@ unproxied access to it, but the subscriber itself is proxied:
    >>> p = ProxyFactory(content)
    >>> a3 = zope.component.subscribers((p, a1), IS)[0]
    >>> type(a3)
-   <type 'zope.security._proxy._Proxy'>
+   <... 'zope.security...proxy...Proxy...'>
 
 There's no location proxy behind the security proxy:
 
@@ -866,7 +868,7 @@ With a proxied object, we again get a security-proxied subscriber:
    >>> a3 = zope.component.subscribers((p, a1), IS)[0]
 
    >>> type(a3)
-   <type 'zope.security._proxy._Proxy'>
+   <... 'zope.security...proxy...Proxy...'>
 
    >>> removeSecurityProxy(a3).context[0] is content
    True
@@ -1129,6 +1131,10 @@ First we provide a stub configuration context:
 .. doctest::
 
    >>> import re, pprint
+   >>> try:
+   ...     from cStringIO import StringIO
+   ... except ImportError:
+   ...     from io import StringIO
    >>> atre = re.compile(' at [0-9a-fA-Fx]+')
    >>> class Context(object):
    ...    actions = ()
@@ -1139,7 +1145,7 @@ First we provide a stub configuration context:
    ...        pprinter = pprint.PrettyPrinter(stream=stream, width=60)
    ...        pprinter.pprint(self.actions)
    ...        r = stream.getvalue()
-   ...        return (''.join(atre.split(r))).strip()
+   ...        return (u''.join(atre.split(r))).strip()
    >>> context = Context()
 
 Then we provide a test interface that we'd like to register:
@@ -1168,7 +1174,7 @@ However, after calling the directive handler...
    ((None,
      <function provideInterface>,
      ('',
-      <InterfaceClass __builtin__.I>,
+      <InterfaceClass ....I>,
       <InterfaceClass zope.component.tests.examples.ITestType>)),)
 
 ...it does provide ``ITestType``:
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index a39c893..5a67188 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ deps =
 [testenv]
 deps =
     {[fulldeps]deps}
+    .[docs]
 commands =
     zope-testrunner --test-path=src
+    sphinx-build -b doctest -d {envdir}/.cache/doctrees docs {envdir}/.cache/doctest
 
 [testenv:py27-minimal]
 basepython =