diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/broken_axis.py b/examples/pylab_examples/broken_axis.py
index 3cb83fd58511..b5e3bf174bf0 100644
--- a/examples/pylab_examples/broken_axis.py
+++ b/examples/pylab_examples/broken_axis.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """
 Broken axis example, where the y-axis will have a portion cut out.
 """
-import matplotlib.pylab as plt
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import numpy as np