diff --git a/doc/thirdpartypackages/index.rst b/doc/thirdpartypackages/index.rst
index 4c803b88b555..6f8d56cc20a9 100644
--- a/doc/thirdpartypackages/index.rst
+++ b/doc/thirdpartypackages/index.rst
@@ -134,6 +134,15 @@ toolkit written by Joe Kington to provide interactive "data cursors"
 (clickable annotation boxes) for matplotlib.
 
 
+.. _toolkit_mplcursors:
+
+mplcursors
+==========
+
+`mplcursors <https://mplcursors.readthedocs.io>`_ provides interactive
+data cursors for matplotlib.
+
+
 .. _toolkit_natgrid:
 
 Natgrid
diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/cursor_demo.py b/examples/pylab_examples/cursor_demo.py
index f5001b768e8d..57d28f8e1236 100755
--- a/examples/pylab_examples/cursor_demo.py
+++ b/examples/pylab_examples/cursor_demo.py
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@
 Faster cursoring is possible using native GUI drawing, as in
 wxcursor_demo.py.
 
-Also, mpldatacursor can be used to achieve a similar effect. See webpage:
-https://github.com/joferkington/mpldatacursor
+The mpldatacursor and mplcursors third-party packages can be used to achieve a
+similar effect.  See
+    https://github.com/joferkington/mpldatacursor
+    https://github.com/anntzer/mplcursors
 """
 from __future__ import print_function
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt