diff --git a/doc/source/user_guide/visualization.rst b/doc/source/user_guide/visualization.rst
index 451ddf046416e..a813348a342c2 100644
--- a/doc/source/user_guide/visualization.rst
+++ b/doc/source/user_guide/visualization.rst
@@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@ otherwise you will see a warning.
 
 .. ipython:: python
 
-   fig, axes = plt.subplots(4, 4, figsize=(6, 6))
+   fig, axes = plt.subplots(4, 4, figsize=(9, 9))
    plt.subplots_adjust(wspace=0.5, hspace=0.5)
    target1 = [axes[0][0], axes[1][1], axes[2][2], axes[3][3]]
    target2 = [axes[3][0], axes[2][1], axes[1][2], axes[0][3]]
@@ -1369,6 +1369,7 @@ Another option is passing an ``ax`` argument to :meth:`Series.plot` to plot on a
 .. ipython:: python
 
    fig, axes = plt.subplots(nrows=2, ncols=2)
+   plt.subplots_adjust(wspace=0.2, hspace=0.5)
    df['A'].plot(ax=axes[0, 0]);
    axes[0, 0].set_title('A');
    df['B'].plot(ax=axes[0, 1]);