diff --git a/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/unicode_minus.py b/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/unicode_minus.py
index 892df43bab68..860c930a8f83 100644
--- a/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/unicode_minus.py
+++ b/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/unicode_minus.py
@@ -9,12 +9,20 @@
 
 __ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plus_and_minus_signs#Character_codes
 
-This example showcases the difference between the two glyphs.
+The replacement is performed at draw time of the tick labels (usually during a
+`.pyplot.show()` or `.pyplot.savefig()` call). Therefore, all tick labels of
+the figure follow the same setting and we cannot demonstrate both glyphs on
+real tick labels of the same figure simultaneously.
+
+Instead, this example simply showcases the difference between the two glyphs
+in a magnified font.
 """
 
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
-fig = plt.figure()
-fig.text(.5, .5, "Unicode minus: \N{MINUS SIGN}1", horizontalalignment="right")
-fig.text(.5, .4, "ASCII hyphen: -1", horizontalalignment="right")
+fig = plt.figure(figsize=(4, 2))
+fig.text(.15, .6, "Unicode minus:", fontsize=20)
+fig.text(.85, .6, "\N{MINUS SIGN}1", ha='right', fontsize=20)
+fig.text(.15, .3, "ASCII hyphen:", fontsize=20)
+fig.text(.85, .3, "-1", ha='right', fontsize=20)
 plt.show()