diff --git a/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/errorbar_limits_simple.py b/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/errorbar_limits_simple.py
index e314783c2762..2a69b205b3ce 100644
--- a/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/errorbar_limits_simple.py
+++ b/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/errorbar_limits_simple.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 
 ##############################################################################
-# Similarly ``xuplims``and ``xlolims`` can be used on the horizontal ``xerr``
+# Similarly ``xuplims`` and ``xlolims`` can be used on the horizontal ``xerr``
 # errorbars.
 
 fig = plt.figure()