diff --git a/doc/users/prev_whats_new/whats_new_3.6.0.rst b/doc/users/prev_whats_new/whats_new_3.6.0.rst
index 79706376a870..6f62954255b2 100644
--- a/doc/users/prev_whats_new/whats_new_3.6.0.rst
+++ b/doc/users/prev_whats_new/whats_new_3.6.0.rst
@@ -558,10 +558,8 @@ them in order to locate a required glyph.
    fig = plt.figure(figsize=(4.75, 1.85))
 
    text = "There are 几个汉字 in between!"
-   fig.text(0.05, 0.85, text, family=["WenQuanYi Zen Hei"])
    fig.text(0.05, 0.65, text, family=["Noto Sans CJK JP"])
    fig.text(0.05, 0.45, text, family=["DejaVu Sans", "Noto Sans CJK JP"])
-   fig.text(0.05, 0.25, text, family=["DejaVu Sans", "WenQuanYi Zen Hei"])
 
 This currently works with the Agg (and all of the GUI embeddings), svg, pdf,
 ps, and inline backends.
diff --git a/galleries/users_explain/text/fonts.py b/galleries/users_explain/text/fonts.py
index 3a4161ae2ef4..0fc57f1f157e 100644
--- a/galleries/users_explain/text/fonts.py
+++ b/galleries/users_explain/text/fonts.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
    ax.text(
        .5, .5, "There are 几个汉字 in between!",
-       family=['DejaVu Sans', 'WenQuanYi Zen Hei'],
+       family=['DejaVu Sans', 'Noto Sans CJK JP'],
        ha='center'
    )