diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/contourf_log.py b/examples/pylab_examples/contourf_log.py
index ceea635c3e95..c64b0b708eb3 100644
--- a/examples/pylab_examples/contourf_log.py
+++ b/examples/pylab_examples/contourf_log.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Demonstrate use of a log color scale in contourf
 '''
 
-from matplotlib import pyplot as P
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import numpy as np
 from numpy import ma
 from matplotlib import colors, ticker, cm
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 # Automatic selection of levels works; setting the
 # log locator tells contourf to use a log scale:
-cs = P.contourf(X, Y, z, locator=ticker.LogLocator(), cmap=cm.PuBu_r)
+cs = plt.contourf(X, Y, z, locator=ticker.LogLocator(), cmap=cm.PuBu_r)
 
 # Alternatively, you can manually set the levels
 # and the norm:
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@
 
 # The 'extend' kwarg does not work yet with a log scale.
 
-cbar = P.colorbar()
+cbar = plt.colorbar()
 
-P.show()
+plt.show()
diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/equal_aspect_ratio.py b/examples/pylab_examples/equal_aspect_ratio.py
index e2c5dd3056e9..b40aebe2f126 100755
--- a/examples/pylab_examples/equal_aspect_ratio.py
+++ b/examples/pylab_examples/equal_aspect_ratio.py
@@ -3,18 +3,19 @@
 Example: simple line plot.
 Show how to make a plot that has equal aspect ratio
 """
-from pylab import *
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+import numpy as np
 
-t = arange(0.0, 1.0 + 0.01, 0.01)
-s = cos(2*2*pi*t)
-plot(t, s, '-', lw=2)
+t = np.arange(0.0, 1.0 + 0.01, 0.01)
+s = np.cos(2*2*np.pi*t)
+plt.plot(t, s, '-', lw=2)
 
-xlabel('time (s)')
-ylabel('voltage (mV)')
-title('About as simple as it gets, folks')
-grid(True)
+plt.xlabel('time (s)')
+plt.ylabel('voltage (mV)')
+plt.title('About as simple as it gets, folks')
+plt.grid(True)
 
-axes().set_aspect('equal', 'datalim')
+plt.axes().set_aspect('equal', 'datalim')
 
 
-show()
+plt.show()