diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index b243fe57e2..bdceef33ed 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ source_suffix = '.rst'
 master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
-copyright = u'2010-present, Manila contributors'
+copyright = '2010-present, Manila contributors'
 
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
@@ -135,10 +135,10 @@ modindex_common_prefix = ['manila.']
 # List of tuples 'sourcefile', 'target', u'title', u'Authors name', 'manual'
 
 man_pages = [
-    ('cli/manila-manage', 'manila-manage', u'Cloud controller fabric',
-     [u'OpenStack'], 1),
-    ('cli/manila-status', 'manila-status', u'Cloud controller fabric',
-     [u'OpenStack'], 1),
+    ('cli/manila-manage', 'manila-manage', 'Cloud controller fabric',
+     ['OpenStack'], 1),
+    ('cli/manila-status', 'manila-status', 'Cloud controller fabric',
+     ['OpenStack'], 1),
 ]
 
 # -- Options for HTML output --------------------------------------------------
@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ htmlhelp_basename = 'maniladoc'
 # (source start file, target name, title, author, documentclass
 # [howto/manual]).
 latex_documents = [
-    ('index', 'doc-manila.tex', u'Manila Developer Documentation',
-     u'Manila contributors', 'manual'),
+    ('index', 'doc-manila.tex', 'Manila Developer Documentation',
+     'Manila contributors', 'manual'),
 ]
 
 # The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of