diff --git a/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/cohere_demo.py b/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/cohere_demo.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..370149695398
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/cohere_demo.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+"""
+=====================================
+Plotting the coherence of two signals
+=====================================
+
+An example showing how to plot the coherence of two signals.
+"""
+import numpy as np
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+
+# Fixing random state for reproducibility
+np.random.seed(19680801)
+
+dt = 0.01
+t = np.arange(0, 30, dt)
+nse1 = np.random.randn(len(t))                 # white noise 1
+nse2 = np.random.randn(len(t))                 # white noise 2
+
+# Two signals with a coherent part at 10Hz and a random part
+s1 = np.sin(2 * np.pi * 10 * t) + nse1
+s2 = np.sin(2 * np.pi * 10 * t) + nse2
+
+fig, axs = plt.subplots(2, 1)
+axs[0].plot(t, s1, t, s2)
+axs[0].set_xlim(0, 2)
+axs[0].set_xlabel('time')
+axs[0].set_ylabel('s1 and s2')
+axs[0].grid(True)
+
+cxy, f = axs[1].cohere(s1, s2, 256, 1. / dt)
+axs[1].set_ylabel('coherence')
+
+fig.tight_layout()
+plt.show()
diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/cohere_demo.py b/examples/pylab_examples/cohere_demo.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 96149c5d789b..000000000000
--- a/examples/pylab_examples/cohere_demo.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Compute the coherence of two signals
-"""
-import numpy as np
-import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
-
-# Fixing random state for reproducibility
-np.random.seed(19680801)
-
-
-# make a little extra space between the subplots
-plt.subplots_adjust(wspace=0.5)
-
-dt = 0.01
-t = np.arange(0, 30, dt)
-nse1 = np.random.randn(len(t))                 # white noise 1
-nse2 = np.random.randn(len(t))                 # white noise 2
-r = np.exp(-t/0.05)
-
-cnse1 = np.convolve(nse1, r, mode='same')*dt   # colored noise 1
-cnse2 = np.convolve(nse2, r, mode='same')*dt   # colored noise 2
-
-# two signals with a coherent part and a random part
-s1 = 0.01*np.sin(2*np.pi*10*t) + cnse1
-s2 = 0.01*np.sin(2*np.pi*10*t) + cnse2
-
-plt.subplot(211)
-plt.plot(t, s1, t, s2)
-plt.xlim(0, 5)
-plt.xlabel('time')
-plt.ylabel('s1 and s2')
-plt.grid(True)
-
-plt.subplot(212)
-cxy, f = plt.cohere(s1, s2, 256, 1./dt)
-plt.ylabel('coherence')
-plt.show()
diff --git a/examples/tests/backend_driver.py b/examples/tests/backend_driver.py
index cf5a79b10036..370c794fe47e 100755
--- a/examples/tests/backend_driver.py
+++ b/examples/tests/backend_driver.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 
 files['lines'] = [
     'barh_demo.py',
+    'cohere_demo.py',
     'fill_demo.py',
     'fill_demo_features.py',
     'line_demo_dash_control.py',
@@ -127,7 +128,6 @@
     'barcode_demo.py',
     'boxplot_demo.py',
     'broken_barh.py',
-    'cohere_demo.py',
     'color_by_yvalue.py',
     'color_demo.py',
     'colorbar_tick_labelling_demo.py',
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
index 56c99d9b3ec1..fe284b7b030c 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -7082,7 +7082,7 @@ def cohere(self, x, y, NFFT=256, Fs=2, Fc=0, detrend=mlab.detrend_none,
 
         Examples
         --------
-        .. plot:: mpl_examples/pylab_examples/cohere_demo.py
+        .. plot:: mpl_examples/lines_bars_and_markers/cohere_demo.py
         """
         if not self._hold:
             self.cla()