diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/python.el b/lisp/progmodes/python.el
index 9e09bfc5941..9d3e428e23c 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/python.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/python.el
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@
 ;; is as follows (of course you need to modify the paths according to
 ;; your system):
 
-;; (setq python-shell-interpreter "C:\\Python27\\python.exe"
+;; (setq python-shell-interpreter "C:/Python27/python.exe"
 ;;       python-shell-interpreter-args
-;;       "-i C:\\Python27\\Scripts\\ipython-script.py")
+;;       "-i C:/Python27/Scripts/ipython-script.py")
 
 ;; Missing or delayed output used to happen due to differences between
 ;; Operating Systems' pipe buffering (e.g. CPython 3.3.4 in Windows 7.
diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index 24ecf6929d9..03855d5f2b0 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -2114,6 +2114,8 @@ next element of the minibuffer history in the minibuffer."
   (interactive "^p")
   (or arg (setq arg 1))
   (let* ((old-point (point))
+         ;; Don't add newlines if they have the mode enabled globally.
+         (next-line-add-newlines nil)
 	 ;; Remember the original goal column of possibly multi-line input
 	 ;; excluding the length of the prompt on the first line.
 	 (prompt-end (minibuffer-prompt-end))
diff --git a/modules/modhelp.py b/modules/modhelp.py
index 78fadda4126..9f8d3066062 100755
--- a/modules/modhelp.py
+++ b/modules/modhelp.py
@@ -45,31 +45,31 @@ def cmd_test(args):
 
     failed = []
     for m in mods:
-        print '[*] %s: ------- start -------' % m
-        print '[*] %s: running make' % m
+        print('[*] %s: ------- start -------' % m)
+        print('[*] %s: running make' % m)
         r = sp.call(make_cmd, cwd=m)
         if r != 0:
-            print '[E] %s: make failed' % m
+            print('[E] %s: make failed' % m)
             failed += [m]
             continue
 
-        print '[*] %s: running test' % m
+        print('[*] %s: running test' % m)
         testpath = os.path.join(m, 'test.el')
         if os.path.isfile(testpath):
             emacs_cmd = [EMACS, '-batch', '-L', '.', '-l', 'ert',
                          '-l', testpath, '-f', 'ert-run-tests-batch-and-exit']
-            print ' '.join(emacs_cmd)
+            print(' '.join(emacs_cmd))
             r = sp.call(emacs_cmd)
             if r != 0:
-                print '[E] %s: test failed' % m
+                print('[E] %s: test failed' % m)
                 failed += [m]
                 continue
         else:
-            print '[W] %s: no test to run' % m
+            print('[W] %s: no test to run' % m)
 
-    print '\n[*] %d/%d MODULES OK' % (len(mods)-len(failed), len(mods))
+    print('\n[*] %d/%d MODULES OK' % (len(mods)-len(failed), len(mods)))
     for m in failed:
-        print '\tfailed: %s' % m
+        print('\tfailed: %s' % m)
 
 def to_lisp_sym(sym):
     sym = re.sub('[_ ]', '-', sym)
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def to_c_sym(sym):
 
 def cmd_init(args):
     if os.path.exists(args.module):
-        print "%s: file/dir '%s' already exists" % (__file__, args.module)
+        print("%s: file/dir '%s' already exists" % (__file__, args.module))
         return
 
     os.mkdir(args.module)
@@ -98,10 +98,10 @@ def cmd_init(args):
         if isinstance(path, string.Template):
             path = path.substitute(template_vars)
         path = os.path.join(args.module, path)
-        print "writing %s..." % path
+        print("writing %s..." % path)
         with open(path, "w+") as f:
             f.write(t.substitute(template_vars))
-    print "done! you can run %s test %s" % (__file__, args.module)
+    print("done! you can run %s test %s" % (__file__, args.module))
 
 
 def main():