diff --git a/examples/subplots_axes_and_figures/gridspec_nested.py b/examples/subplots_axes_and_figures/gridspec_nested.py
index e233e643ec68..75fa34f7b0b9 100644
--- a/examples/subplots_axes_and_figures/gridspec_nested.py
+++ b/examples/subplots_axes_and_figures/gridspec_nested.py
@@ -24,22 +24,16 @@ def format_axes(fig):
 
 gs00 = gridspec.GridSpecFromSubplotSpec(3, 3, subplot_spec=gs0[0])
 
-ax1 = plt.Subplot(f, gs00[:-1, :])
-f.add_subplot(ax1)
-ax2 = plt.Subplot(f, gs00[-1, :-1])
-f.add_subplot(ax2)
-ax3 = plt.Subplot(f, gs00[-1, -1])
-f.add_subplot(ax3)
-
-
-gs01 = gridspec.GridSpecFromSubplotSpec(3, 3, subplot_spec=gs0[1])
-
-ax4 = plt.Subplot(f, gs01[:, :-1])
-f.add_subplot(ax4)
-ax5 = plt.Subplot(f, gs01[:-1, -1])
-f.add_subplot(ax5)
-ax6 = plt.Subplot(f, gs01[-1, -1])
-f.add_subplot(ax6)
+ax1 = f.add_subplot(gs00[:-1, :])
+ax2 = f.add_subplot(gs00[-1, :-1])
+ax3 = f.add_subplot(gs00[-1, -1])
+
+# the following syntax does the same as the GridSpecFromSubplotSpec call above:
+gs01 = gs0[1].subgridspec(3, 3)
+
+ax4 = f.add_subplot(gs01[:, :-1])
+ax5 = f.add_subplot(gs01[:-1, -1])
+ax6 = f.add_subplot(gs01[-1, -1])
 
 plt.suptitle("GridSpec Inside GridSpec")
 format_axes(f)
diff --git a/tutorials/intermediate/gridspec.py b/tutorials/intermediate/gridspec.py
index 48e19545f1c5..df46971cd164 100644
--- a/tutorials/intermediate/gridspec.py
+++ b/tutorials/intermediate/gridspec.py
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ def squiggle_xy(a, b, c, d, i=np.arange(0.0, 2*np.pi, 0.05)):
     inner_grid = outer_grid[i].subgridspec(3, 3, wspace=0.0, hspace=0.0)
     a, b = int(i/4)+1, i % 4+1
     for j, (c, d) in enumerate(product(range(1, 4), repeat=2)):
-        ax = plt.Subplot(fig11, inner_grid[j])
+        ax = fig11.add_subplot(inner_grid[j])
         ax.plot(*squiggle_xy(a, b, c, d))
         ax.set_xticks([])
         ax.set_yticks([])