diff --git a/doc/examples/plot_view_as_blocks.py b/doc/examples/plot_view_as_blocks.py
index c58a74a6..2237e50b 100644
--- a/doc/examples/plot_view_as_blocks.py
+++ b/doc/examples/plot_view_as_blocks.py
@@ -60,5 +60,5 @@ ax2.imshow(max_view, cmap=cm.Greys_r)
 ax3.set_title("Block view with\n local median pooling")
 ax3.imshow(median_view, cmap=cm.Greys_r)
 
-plt.subplots_adjust(hspace=0.4, wspace=0.4)
+fig.subplots_adjust(hspace=0.4, wspace=0.4)
 plt.show()