diff --git a/numpy/random/_generator.pyx b/numpy/random/_generator.pyx
index cd0b248723d2..e2430d139a42 100644
--- a/numpy/random/_generator.pyx
+++ b/numpy/random/_generator.pyx
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ cdef class Generator:
         Examples
         --------
         >>> np.random.default_rng().bytes(10)
-        b'\xfeC\x9b\x86\x17\xf2\xa1\xafcp' # random
+        b'\\xfeC\\x9b\\x86\\x17\\xf2\\xa1\\xafcp' # random
 
         """
         cdef Py_ssize_t n_uint32 = ((length - 1) // 4 + 1)
diff --git a/numpy/random/mtrand.pyx b/numpy/random/mtrand.pyx
index 863879a0465f..4f5862faa1d9 100644
--- a/numpy/random/mtrand.pyx
+++ b/numpy/random/mtrand.pyx
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ cdef class RandomState:
         Examples
         --------
         >>> np.random.bytes(10)
-        ' eh\\x85\\x022SZ\\xbf\\xa4' #random
+        b' eh\\x85\\x022SZ\\xbf\\xa4' #random
         """
         cdef Py_ssize_t n_uint32 = ((length - 1) // 4 + 1)
         # Interpret the uint32s as little-endian to convert them to bytes