MAINT: Fix use of Python 2.6 deprecated escape sequences.

Closes #8687.

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/core/code_generators/genapi.py b/numpy/core/code_generators/genapi.py
index 05166f1e5..a71ffefdd 100644
--- a/numpy/core/code_generators/genapi.py
+++ b/numpy/core/code_generators/genapi.py
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ def fullapi_hash(api_dicts):
 
 # To parse strings like 'hex = checksum' where hex is e.g. 0x1234567F and
 # checksum a 128 bits md5 checksum (hex format as well)
-VERRE = re.compile('(^0x[\da-f]{8})\s*=\s*([\da-f]{32})')
+VERRE = re.compile(r'(^0x[\da-f]{8})\s*=\s*([\da-f]{32})')
 
 def get_versions_hash():
     d = []
diff --git a/numpy/lib/function_base.py b/numpy/lib/function_base.py
index fc49a6fd7..bee60fa20 100644
--- a/numpy/lib/function_base.py
+++ b/numpy/lib/function_base.py
@@ -1644,7 +1644,7 @@ def gradient(f, *varargs, **kwargs):
                 + \\left(h_{d}^{2} - h_{s}^{2}\\right)f\\left(x_{i}\\right) 
                 - h_{d}^{2}f\\left(x_{i}-h_{s}\\right)}
                 { h_{s}h_{d}\\left(h_{d} + h_{s}\\right)}
-            + \mathcal{O}\\left(\\frac{h_{d}h_{s}^{2} 
+            + \\mathcal{O}\\left(\\frac{h_{d}h_{s}^{2} 
                                 + h_{s}h_{d}^{2}}{h_{d} 
                                 + h_{s}}\\right)
 
@@ -1656,7 +1656,7 @@ def gradient(f, *varargs, **kwargs):
         
         \\hat f_{i}^{(1)}=
             \\frac{f\\left(x_{i+1}\\right) - f\\left(x_{i-1}\\right)}{2h} 
-            + \mathcal{O}\\left(h^{2}\\right)
+            + \\mathcal{O}\\left(h^{2}\\right)
 
     With a similar procedure the forward/backward approximations used for 
     boundaries can be derived.