diff --git a/docs/usage/advanced_usage.rst b/docs/usage/advanced_usage.rst
index fac35c2..32334c0 100644
--- a/docs/usage/advanced_usage.rst
+++ b/docs/usage/advanced_usage.rst
@@ -62,7 +62,12 @@ with a status update.
     # Assume you are working with a JPEG
 
     from PIL import Image
-    from StringIO import StringIO
+    try:
+        # Python 3
+        from io import StringIO
+    except ImportError:
+        # Python 2
+        from StringIO import StringIO
 
     photo = Image.open('/path/to/file/image.jpg')
 
@@ -98,7 +103,7 @@ That being said, Twython offers a generator for search results and can be access
 
     results = twitter.cursor(twitter.search, q='python')
     for result in results:
-        print result
+        print(result)
 
 Manipulate the Request (headers, proxies, etc.)
 -----------------------------------------------
diff --git a/docs/usage/special_functions.rst b/docs/usage/special_functions.rst
index 97e674c..cde8f99 100644
--- a/docs/usage/special_functions.rst
+++ b/docs/usage/special_functions.rst
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The Old Way
     results = twitter.search(q='twitter')
     if results.get('statuses'):
         for result in results['statuses']:
-            print result['id_str']
+            print(result['id_str'])
 
 The New Way
 ^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ The New Way
 
     results = twitter.cursor(twitter.search, q='twitter')
     for result in results:
-        print result['id_str']
+        print(result['id_str'])
 
 Another example:
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Another example:
 
     results = twitter.cursor(t.get_mentions_timeline)
     for result in results:
-        print result['id_str']
+        print(result['id_str'])
 
 
 HTML for Tweet
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ This function takes a tweet object received from the Twitter API and returns an
                                             include_rts=True)
     for tweet in user_tweets:
         tweet['text'] = Twython.html_for_tweet(tweet)
-        print tweet['text']
+        print(tweet['text'])
 
 The above code takes all the tweets from a specific users timeline, loops over them and replaces the value of ``tweet['text']`` with HTML.
 
diff --git a/docs/usage/streaming_api.rst b/docs/usage/streaming_api.rst
index 8b21c70..4d6c1c3 100644
--- a/docs/usage/streaming_api.rst
+++ b/docs/usage/streaming_api.rst
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ Now set up how you want to handle the signals.
     class MyStreamer(TwythonStreamer):
         def on_success(self, data):
             if 'text' in data:
-                print data['text'].encode('utf-8')
+                print(data['text'])
 
         def on_error(self, status_code, data):
-            print status_code
+            print(status_code)
 
             # Want to stop trying to get data because of the error?
             # Uncomment the next line!