diff --git a/doc/examples/plot_harris.py b/doc/examples/plot_harris.py
index 7daf6051..1fe3a3c8 100644
--- a/doc/examples/plot_harris.py
+++ b/doc/examples/plot_harris.py
@@ -19,14 +19,11 @@ from skimage.feature import harris
 def plot_harris_points(image, filtered_coords):
     """ plots corners found in image"""
 
-    plt.plot()
     plt.imshow(image)
-    plt.plot([p[1] for p in filtered_coords],
-             [p[0] for p in filtered_coords],
-             'b.')
+    y, x = np.transpose(filtered_coords)
+    plt.plot(x, y, 'b.')
     plt.axis('off')
-    plt.show()
-
+ 
 # display results
 plt.figure(figsize=(9, 3))
 im_lena = img_as_float(data.lena())
@@ -41,3 +38,5 @@ filtered_coords = harris(im_text, min_distance=4)
 
 plt.axes([0.2, 0, 0.77, 1])
 plot_harris_points(im_text, filtered_coords)
+
+plt.show()
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diff --git a/doc/examples/plot_peak_local_max.py b/doc/examples/plot_peak_local_max.py
index 9891141b..8a0de3dd 100644
--- a/doc/examples/plot_peak_local_max.py
+++ b/doc/examples/plot_peak_local_max.py
@@ -41,10 +41,8 @@ plt.title('Maximum filter')
 
 plt.subplot(133)
 plt.imshow(im, cmap=plt.cm.gray)
-a, b = im.shape
+plt.autoscale(False)
 plt.plot([p[1] for p in coordinates], [p[0] for p in coordinates], 'r.')
-plt.xlim(0, b)
-plt.ylim(a, 0)
 plt.axis('off')
 plt.title('Peak local max')