diff --git a/pcbnew/swig/python_scripting.cpp b/pcbnew/swig/python_scripting.cpp
index 2fd02bc123..f3ced963a5 100644
--- a/pcbnew/swig/python_scripting.cpp
+++ b/pcbnew/swig/python_scripting.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * This program source code file is part of KiCad, a free EDA CAD application.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2012 NBEE Embedded Systems, Miguel Angel Ajo <miguelangel@nbee.es>
- * Copyright (C) 1992-2016 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
+ * Copyright (C) 1992-2018 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -450,7 +450,14 @@ wxString PyScriptingPath()
     wxFileName scriptPath( path );
     scriptPath.MakeAbsolute();
 
-    return scriptPath.GetFullPath();
+    // Convert '\' to '/' in path, because later python script read \n or \r
+    // as escaped sequence, and create issues. Moreover, python uses unix notation in paths
+    // in many cases.
+    // It can happen on Windows.
+    path = scriptPath.GetFullPath();
+    path.Replace( '\\', '/' );
+
+    return path;
 }
 
 wxString PyPluginsPath()
diff --git a/scripting/kicadplugins.i b/scripting/kicadplugins.i
index ddb9b01d8b..1da74d05e0 100644
--- a/scripting/kicadplugins.i
+++ b/scripting/kicadplugins.i
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * This program source code file is part of KiCad, a free EDA CAD application.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2012 NBEE Embedded Systems, Miguel Angel Ajo <miguelangel@nbee.es>
- * Copyright (C) 1992-2017 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
+ * Copyright (C) 1992-2018 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -168,9 +168,11 @@ def LoadPlugins(bundlepath=None):
     Initialise Scripting/Plugin python environment and load plugins.
 
     Arguments:
-    scriptpath -- The path to the bundled scripts.
+    bundlepath -- The path to the bundled scripts.
                   The bunbled Plugins are relative to this path, in the
                   "plugins" subdirectory.
+                WARNING: bundlepath must use '/' as path separator, and not '\'
+                because it creates issues (\n and \r are seen as escaped seq)
 
     NOTE: These are all of the possible "default" search paths for kicad
           python scripts.  These paths will ONLY be added to the python