diff --git a/doc/en/doctest.rst b/doc/en/doctest.rst
index e1e6b1b50..549ebb00f 100644
--- a/doc/en/doctest.rst
+++ b/doc/en/doctest.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ can change the pattern by issuing:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ pytest --doctest-glob='*.rst'
+    pytest --doctest-glob='*.rst'
 
 on the command line. Since version ``2.9``, ``--doctest-glob``
 can be given multiple times in the command-line.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ python test modules):
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ pytest --doctest-modules
+    pytest --doctest-modules
 
 You can make these changes permanent in your project by
 putting them into a pytest.ini file like this:
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ you want to continue the test even when you have failures, do:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ pytest --doctest-modules --doctest-continue-on-failure
+    pytest --doctest-modules --doctest-continue-on-failure
 
 
 .. _`doctest_namespace`:
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ by using one of standard doctest modules format in options
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ pytest --doctest-modules --doctest-report none
-    $ pytest --doctest-modules --doctest-report udiff
-    $ pytest --doctest-modules --doctest-report cdiff
-    $ pytest --doctest-modules --doctest-report ndiff
-    $ pytest --doctest-modules --doctest-report only_first_failure
+    pytest --doctest-modules --doctest-report none
+    pytest --doctest-modules --doctest-report udiff
+    pytest --doctest-modules --doctest-report cdiff
+    pytest --doctest-modules --doctest-report ndiff
+    pytest --doctest-modules --doctest-report only_first_failure
diff --git a/doc/en/example/pythoncollection.rst b/doc/en/example/pythoncollection.rst
index 7ec86dc7e..52dc2545d 100644
--- a/doc/en/example/pythoncollection.rst
+++ b/doc/en/example/pythoncollection.rst
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Example:
 
 .. code-block:: pytest
 
-    $ pytest path_a path_a
+    pytest path_a path_a
 
     ...
     collected 1 item
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Example:
 
 .. code-block:: pytest
 
-    $ pytest --keep-duplicates path_a path_a
+    pytest --keep-duplicates path_a path_a
 
     ...
     collected 2 items
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Example:
 
 .. code-block:: pytest
 
-    $ pytest test_a.py test_a.py
+    pytest test_a.py test_a.py
 
     ...
     collected 2 items
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ example if you have unittest2 installed you can type:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ pytest --pyargs unittest2.test.test_skipping -q
+    pytest --pyargs unittest2.test.test_skipping -q
 
 which would run the respective test module.  Like with
 other options, through an ini-file and the :confval:`addopts` option you
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ You can always peek at the collection tree without running tests like this:
 
 .. code-block:: pytest
 
-    $ pytest --collect-only pythoncollection.py
+    . $ pytest --collect-only pythoncollection.py
     =========================== test session starts ============================
     platform linux -- Python 3.x.y, pytest-4.x.y, py-1.x.y, pluggy-0.x.y
     cachedir: $PYTHON_PREFIX/.pytest_cache
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ leave out the ``setup.py`` file:
 
 .. code-block:: pytest
 
-    $ pytest --collect-only
+    #$ pytest --collect-only
     ====== test session starts ======
     platform linux2 -- Python 2.7.10, pytest-2.9.1, py-1.4.31, pluggy-0.3.1
     rootdir: $REGENDOC_TMPDIR, inifile: pytest.ini