diff --git a/skimage/transform/_warps.py b/skimage/transform/_warps.py
index 64b129dd..c1f3f9dd 100644
--- a/skimage/transform/_warps.py
+++ b/skimage/transform/_warps.py
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ def downscale_local_mean(image, factors, cval=0):
            [ 5,  6,  7,  8,  9],
            [10, 11, 12, 13, 14]])
     >>> downscale_local_mean(a, (2, 3))
-    array([[3.5, 4.],
-           [5.5, 4.5]])
+    array([[ 3.5,  4. ],
+           [ 5.5,  4.5]])
 
     """
     return block_reduce(image, factors, np.mean, cval)