diff --git a/doc/examples/plot_match_face_template.py b/doc/examples/plot_match_face_template.py
index 49905941..d3cb7905 100644
--- a/doc/examples/plot_match_face_template.py
+++ b/doc/examples/plot_match_face_template.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ ax2.set_title('image')
 
 # highlight matched region
 xy = np.unravel_index(np.argmax(result), result.shape)[::-1] #-1 flips ij to xy
-wface, hface = head.shape
+hface, wface = head.shape
 rect = plt.Rectangle(xy, wface, hface, edgecolor='r', facecolor='none')
 ax2.add_patch(rect)