diff --git a/examples/subplots_axes_and_figures/subplot.py b/examples/subplots_axes_and_figures/subplot.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8457fba09926..000000000000
--- a/examples/subplots_axes_and_figures/subplot.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-"""
-=================
-Multiple subplots
-=================
-
-Simple demo with multiple subplots.
-"""
-import numpy as np
-import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
-
-
-x1 = np.linspace(0.0, 5.0)
-x2 = np.linspace(0.0, 2.0)
-
-y1 = np.cos(2 * np.pi * x1) * np.exp(-x1)
-y2 = np.cos(2 * np.pi * x2)
-
-plt.subplot(2, 1, 1)
-plt.plot(x1, y1, 'o-')
-plt.title('A tale of 2 subplots')
-plt.ylabel('Damped oscillation')
-
-plt.subplot(2, 1, 2)
-plt.plot(x2, y2, '.-')
-plt.xlabel('time (s)')
-plt.ylabel('Undamped')
-
-plt.show()
diff --git a/tutorials/introductory/sample_plots.py b/tutorials/introductory/sample_plots.py
index 28a3c580eda9..6ad9db1c7503 100644
--- a/tutorials/introductory/sample_plots.py
+++ b/tutorials/introductory/sample_plots.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 Multiple axes (i.e. subplots) are created with the
 :func:`~matplotlib.pyplot.subplot` function:
 
-.. figure:: ../../gallery/subplots_axes_and_figures/images/sphx_glr_subplot_001.png
+.. figure:: ../../gallery/subplots_axes_and_figures/images/sphx_glr_subplots_demo_001.png
    :target: ../../gallery/subplots_axes_and_figures/subplot.html
    :align: center
    :scale: 50