diff --git a/skimage/measure/_regionprops.py b/skimage/measure/_regionprops.py
index 94bb6e18..ef1086da 100644
--- a/skimage/measure/_regionprops.py
+++ b/skimage/measure/_regionprops.py
@@ -479,15 +479,16 @@ def regionprops(label_image, properties=None,
 
     Examples
     --------
-    >>> from skimage.data import coins
+    >>> from skimage import data, util
     >>> from skimage.morphology import label
-    >>> img = coins() > 110
+    >>> img = util.img_as_ubyte(data.coins()) > 110
     >>> label_img = label(img)
     >>> props = regionprops(label_img)
     >>> props[0].centroid # centroid of first labelled object
     (22.729879860483141, 81.912285234465827)
     >>> props[0]['centroid'] # centroid of first labelled object
     (22.729879860483141, 81.912285234465827)
+
     """
 
     label_image = np.squeeze(label_image)