diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 112d9fdaf22c..5aa58a3aca5a 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ def matplotlib_reduced_latex_scraper(block, block_vars, gallery_conf,
     'subsection_order': gallery_order.sectionorder,
     'thumbnail_size': (320, 224),
     'within_subsection_order': gallery_order.subsectionorder,
+    'capture_repr': (),
 }
 
 mathmpl_fontsize = 11.0
diff --git a/tutorials/intermediate/artists.py b/tutorials/intermediate/artists.py
index f76c62d8462c..22793ddd5fd0 100644
--- a/tutorials/intermediate/artists.py
+++ b/tutorials/intermediate/artists.py
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ class in the Matplotlib API, and the one you will be working with most
 
 Try creating the figure below.
 """
+# sphinx_gallery_capture_repr = ('__repr__',)
 
 import numpy as np
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
diff --git a/tutorials/intermediate/autoscale.py b/tutorials/intermediate/autoscale.py
index 0f4dda87d183..3b563510aa1f 100644
--- a/tutorials/intermediate/autoscale.py
+++ b/tutorials/intermediate/autoscale.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # -------
 # The default margin around the data limits is 5%:
 
-ax.margins()
+print(ax.margins())
 
 ###############################################################################
 # The margins can be made larger using `~matplotlib.axes.Axes.margins`: