diff --git a/UltiSnips/python.snippets b/UltiSnips/python.snippets
index 41a3645..af32c52 100644
--- a/UltiSnips/python.snippets
+++ b/UltiSnips/python.snippets
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ DOXYGEN = 0x2
 SPHINX  = 0x3
 GOOGLE  = 0x4
 
-SINGLE_QUOTES = 0x1
-DOUBLE_QUOTES = 0x2
+SINGLE_QUOTES = "'"
+DOUBLE_QUOTES = '"'
 
 
 class Arg(object):
@@ -69,9 +69,35 @@ def get_quoting_style(snip):
 	return DOUBLE_QUOTES
 
 def triple_quotes(snip):
-	if get_quoting_style(snip) == SINGLE_QUOTES:
-		return "'''"
-	return '"""'
+	return get_quoting_style(snip) * 3
+
+def triple_quotes_handle_trailing(snip, quoting_style):
+	"""
+	Generate triple quoted strings and handle any trailing quote char,
+	which might be there from some autoclose/autopair plugin,
+	i.e. when expanding ``"|"``.
+	"""
+	if not snip.c:
+		# Do this only once, otherwise the following error would happen:
+		# RuntimeError: The snippets content did not converge: …
+		_, col = vim.current.window.cursor
+		line = vim.current.line
+
+		# Handle already existing quote chars after the trigger.
+		_ret = quoting_style * 3
+		while True:
+			try:
+				nextc = line[col]
+			except IndexError:
+				break
+			if nextc == quoting_style and len(_ret):
+				_ret = _ret[1:]
+				col = col+1
+			else:
+				break
+		snip.rv = _ret
+	else:
+		snip.rv = snip.c
 
 def get_style(snip):
 	style = snip.opt("g:ultisnips_python_style", "normal")
@@ -613,4 +639,22 @@ class Test${1:Class}(${2:unittest.TestCase}):
 		${7:pass}
 endsnippet
 
+snippet " "triple quoted string (double quotes)" b
+"""
+${1:doc}
+`!p triple_quotes_handle_trailing(snip, '"')`
+endsnippet
+
+snippet ' "triple quoted string (single quotes)" b
+'''
+${1:doc}
+`!p triple_quotes_handle_trailing(snip, "'")`
+endsnippet
+
+snippet doc "doc block (triple quotes)"
+`!p snip.rv = triple_quotes(snip)`
+${1:doc}
+`!p snip.rv = triple_quotes(snip)`
+endsnippet
+
 # vim:ft=snippets: