diff --git a/doc/users/next_whats_new/colorbar_has_location_argument.rst b/doc/users/next_whats_new/colorbar_has_location_argument.rst
index 7e5a5f8c3fdc..5eb02e8be689 100644
--- a/doc/users/next_whats_new/colorbar_has_location_argument.rst
+++ b/doc/users/next_whats_new/colorbar_has_location_argument.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ An example is:
     import numpy as np
     rng = np.random.default_rng(19680801)
     imdata = rng.random((10, 10))
-    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+    fig, ax = plt.subplots(layout='constrained')
     im = ax.imshow(imdata)
     fig.colorbar(im, cax=ax.inset_axes([0, 1.05, 1, 0.05]),
                  location='top')