diff --git a/numpy/core/code_generators/ufunc_docstrings.py b/numpy/core/code_generators/ufunc_docstrings.py
index 8d7b83239025..1b666f0980f0 100644
--- a/numpy/core/code_generators/ufunc_docstrings.py
+++ b/numpy/core/code_generators/ufunc_docstrings.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def add_newdoc(place, name, doc):
 
     >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
-    >>> x = np.linspace(-10, 10, 101)
+    >>> x = np.linspace(-10, 10, 10)
     >>> plt.plot(x, np.absolute(x))
     >>> plt.show()