diff --git a/compose/cli/errors.py b/compose/cli/errors.py
index 82768970b..8c89da6c5 100644
--- a/compose/cli/errors.py
+++ b/compose/cli/errors.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def handle_connection_errors(client):
     except APIError as e:
         log_api_error(e, client.api_version)
         raise ConnectionError()
-    except (ReadTimeout, socket.timeout) as e:
+    except (ReadTimeout, socket.timeout):
         log_timeout_error(client.timeout)
         raise ConnectionError()
     except Exception as e:
diff --git a/compose/config/types.py b/compose/config/types.py
index 838fb9f58..ab8f34e3d 100644
--- a/compose/config/types.py
+++ b/compose/config/types.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def parse_extra_hosts(extra_hosts_config):
 
 
 def normalize_path_for_engine(path):
-    """Windows paths, c:\my\path\shiny, need to be changed to be compatible with
+    """Windows paths, c:\\my\\path\\shiny, need to be changed to be compatible with
     the Engine. Volume paths are expected to be linux style /c/my/path/shiny/
     """
     drive, tail = splitdrive(path)
diff --git a/compose/config/validation.py b/compose/config/validation.py
index 0fdcb37e7..87c1f2345 100644
--- a/compose/config/validation.py
+++ b/compose/config/validation.py
@@ -41,15 +41,15 @@ DOCKER_CONFIG_HINTS = {
 }
 
 
-VALID_NAME_CHARS = '[a-zA-Z0-9\._\-]'
+VALID_NAME_CHARS = r'[a-zA-Z0-9\._\-]'
 VALID_EXPOSE_FORMAT = r'^\d+(\-\d+)?(\/[a-zA-Z]+)?$'
 
 VALID_IPV4_SEG = r'(\d{1,2}|1\d{2}|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])'
-VALID_IPV4_ADDR = "({IPV4_SEG}\.){{3}}{IPV4_SEG}".format(IPV4_SEG=VALID_IPV4_SEG)
-VALID_REGEX_IPV4_CIDR = "^{IPV4_ADDR}/(\d|[1-2]\d|3[0-2])$".format(IPV4_ADDR=VALID_IPV4_ADDR)
+VALID_IPV4_ADDR = r"({IPV4_SEG}\.){{3}}{IPV4_SEG}".format(IPV4_SEG=VALID_IPV4_SEG)
+VALID_REGEX_IPV4_CIDR = r"^{IPV4_ADDR}/(\d|[1-2]\d|3[0-2])$".format(IPV4_ADDR=VALID_IPV4_ADDR)
 
 VALID_IPV6_SEG = r'[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}'
-VALID_REGEX_IPV6_CIDR = "".join("""
+VALID_REGEX_IPV6_CIDR = "".join(r"""
 ^
 (
     (({IPV6_SEG}:){{7}}{IPV6_SEG})|
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/cli_test.py b/tests/acceptance/cli_test.py
index 3d063d853..5b0a0e0fd 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/cli_test.py
+++ b/tests/acceptance/cli_test.py
@@ -2361,7 +2361,7 @@ class CLITestCase(DockerClientTestCase):
         self.dispatch(['up', '-d'])
 
         result = self.dispatch(['logs', '-f', '-t'])
-        assert re.search('(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})T(\d{2})\:(\d{2})\:(\d{2})', result.stdout)
+        assert re.search(r'(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})T(\d{2})\:(\d{2})\:(\d{2})', result.stdout)
 
     def test_logs_tail(self):
         self.base_dir = 'tests/fixtures/logs-tail-composefile'