diff --git a/docs/source/algorithms/SaveIsawUB-v1.rst b/docs/source/algorithms/SaveIsawUB-v1.rst
index 00a0b73a5f33b16efa3fd6359899d4efe5b62bf6..3c1bb60644f80db597c2243ed52e5189011b661e 100644
--- a/docs/source/algorithms/SaveIsawUB-v1.rst
+++ b/docs/source/algorithms/SaveIsawUB-v1.rst
@@ -26,22 +26,22 @@ Usage
 .. testcode:: SaveIsawUB
 
     #A workspace with some UB matrix    
-    w=CreateSingleValuedWorkspace()
-    SetUB(w,2,4,5,90,90,90,"0,0,1","1,0,0")
+    w = CreateSingleValuedWorkspace()
+    SetUB(w, 2, 4, 5, 90, 90, 90, "0,0,1", "1,0,0")
     #run the algorithm
     import mantid   
-    filename=mantid.config.getString("defaultsave.directory")+"saveIsawUBTest.mat"  
-    SaveIsawUB(w,filename)
+    filename = mantid.config.getString("defaultsave.directory") + "saveIsawUBTest.mat"  
+    SaveIsawUB(w, filename)
     
     #check if the correct results are written in the file
-    f=open(filename,"r")
-    x,y,z=map(float,f.readline().split())
+    f = open(filename, "r")
+    x, y, z = map(float, f.readline().split())
     if (x==0) and (y==0.5) and (z==0):
         print("The first line is 0 0.5 0")
-    x,y,z=map(float,f.readline().split())
+    x, y, z = map(float, f.readline().split())
     if (x==0) and (y==0) and (z==0.25):
         print("The second line is 0 0 0.25")
-    x,y,z=map(float,f.readline().split())
+    x, y, z = map(float, f.readline().split())
     if (x==0.2) and (y==0) and (z==0):
         print("The third line is 0.2 0 0")
     f.close()
diff --git a/docs/source/algorithms/SaveNXSPE-v1.rst b/docs/source/algorithms/SaveNXSPE-v1.rst
index 3f7e7c014a7c9e42111e31b1e00afb2279934be9..82e479821a82d7703425f50b047f0ee461b31534 100644
--- a/docs/source/algorithms/SaveNXSPE-v1.rst
+++ b/docs/source/algorithms/SaveNXSPE-v1.rst
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ Usage
    # By desigghn, SaveMXSPE does not store detector's ID-s. LoadNXSPE sets detector's ID-s to defaults.
    # To compare loaded and saved workspaces here, one needs to set-up default detector's ID-s to the source workspace.
    nSpec = out_ws.getNumberHistograms()
-   for i in xrange(0,nSpec):
+   for i in range(0,nSpec):
        sp=out_ws.getSpectrum(i);
        sp.setDetectorID(i+1);
    in_ws = LoadNXSPE(file_path)
    
    ws_comparison_rez = CompareWorkspaces(out_ws,in_ws,1.e-9,CheckInstrument=False)
-   print("Contents of the first spectrum = " + str(in_ws.readY(0)) + ".")
+   print("Contents of the first spectrum = {}.".format(in_ws.readY(0)))
    print("Initial and loaded workspaces comparison is: {}".format(str(ws_comparison_rez[0])))
    run = in_ws.getRun();
    print("Loaded workspace has attached incident energy Ei={0:.1f} and rotation angle Psi={1:.1f}deg".format(run.getLogData('Ei').value,run.getLogData('psi').value))
diff --git a/docs/source/algorithms/SaveNexusProcessed-v1.rst b/docs/source/algorithms/SaveNexusProcessed-v1.rst
index 51eb7294f61f7a3010d56a50f33eca0e88991a38..c0ee69902031bbc457d9a1c8c0765419740c0176 100644
--- a/docs/source/algorithms/SaveNexusProcessed-v1.rst
+++ b/docs/source/algorithms/SaveNexusProcessed-v1.rst
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Usage
     path = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), file_name)
     SaveNexusProcessed(ws, path)
 
-    print os.path.isfile(path)
+    print(os.path.isfile(path))
 
 Output:
 
diff --git a/docs/source/algorithms/SaveOpenGenieAscii-v1.rst b/docs/source/algorithms/SaveOpenGenieAscii-v1.rst
index 0c93ff9da3c725ffd20d6137351d8479691e43db..6d853c65781094c251a7a84a15c1fdab9de5ccd4 100644
--- a/docs/source/algorithms/SaveOpenGenieAscii-v1.rst
+++ b/docs/source/algorithms/SaveOpenGenieAscii-v1.rst
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Usage
     SaveOpenGenieAscii(ws, path)
 
     path = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), "myworkspace.ascii")
-    print os.path.isfile(path)
+    print(os.path.isfile(path))
 
 
 Output: