diff --git a/Doc/library/uuid.rst b/Doc/library/uuid.rst
index 0ec2ed3dee9..835194675f0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/uuid.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/uuid.rst
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ random UUID.
       UUID('{12345678-1234-5678-1234-567812345678}')
       UUID('12345678123456781234567812345678')
       UUID('urn:uuid:12345678-1234-5678-1234-567812345678')
-      UUID(bytes='\x12\x34\x56\x78'*4)
-      UUID(bytes_le='\x78\x56\x34\x12\x34\x12\x78\x56' +
-                    '\x12\x34\x56\x78\x12\x34\x56\x78')
+      UUID(bytes=b'\x12\x34\x56\x78'*4)
+      UUID(bytes_le=b'\x78\x56\x34\x12\x34\x12\x78\x56' +
+                    b'\x12\x34\x56\x78\x12\x34\x56\x78')
       UUID(fields=(0x12345678, 0x1234, 0x5678, 0x12, 0x34, 0x567812345678))
       UUID(int=0x12345678123456781234567812345678)
 
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ Here are some examples of typical usage of the :mod:`uuid` module::
 
    # get the raw 16 bytes of the UUID
    >>> x.bytes
-   '\x00\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06\x07\x08\t\n\x0b\x0c\r\x0e\x0f'
+   b'\x00\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06\x07\x08\t\n\x0b\x0c\r\x0e\x0f'
 
    # make a UUID from a 16-byte string
    >>> uuid.UUID(bytes=x.bytes)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_uuid.py b/Lib/test/test_uuid.py
index b749abce39d..89e221bef1b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_uuid.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_uuid.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from unittest import TestCase
 from test import support
+import builtins
 import uuid
 
 def importable(name):
@@ -176,6 +177,11 @@ class TestUUID(TestCase):
             for u in equivalents:
                 for v in equivalents:
                     equal(u, v)
+
+            # Bug 7380: "bytes" and "bytes_le" should give the same type.
+            equal(type(u.bytes), builtins.bytes)
+            equal(type(u.bytes_le), builtins.bytes)
+
             ascending.append(u)
 
         # Test comparison of UUIDs.
diff --git a/Lib/uuid.py b/Lib/uuid.py
index d50550abc12..b4554e49426 100644
--- a/Lib/uuid.py
+++ b/Lib/uuid.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Typical usage:
     >>> import uuid
 
     # make a UUID based on the host ID and current time
-    >>> uuid.uuid1()
+    >>> uuid.uuid1()    # doctest: +SKIP
     UUID('a8098c1a-f86e-11da-bd1a-00112444be1e')
 
     # make a UUID using an MD5 hash of a namespace UUID and a name
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Typical usage:
     UUID('6fa459ea-ee8a-3ca4-894e-db77e160355e')
 
     # make a random UUID
-    >>> uuid.uuid4()
+    >>> uuid.uuid4()    # doctest: +SKIP
     UUID('16fd2706-8baf-433b-82eb-8c7fada847da')
 
     # make a UUID using a SHA-1 hash of a namespace UUID and a name
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ class UUID(object):
         bytes = bytearray()
         for shift in range(0, 128, 8):
             bytes.insert(0, (self.int >> shift) & 0xff)
-        return bytes
+        return bytes_(bytes)
 
     @property
     def bytes_le(self):