diff --git a/galleries/examples/subplots_axes_and_figures/axes_box_aspect.py b/galleries/examples/subplots_axes_and_figures/axes_box_aspect.py
index 9ad5a14b7649..26974dd49121 100644
--- a/galleries/examples/subplots_axes_and_figures/axes_box_aspect.py
+++ b/galleries/examples/subplots_axes_and_figures/axes_box_aspect.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 # %%
 # A square axes, independent of data
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+# ----------------------------------
 #
 # Produce a square axes, no matter what the data limits are.
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 # %%
 # Shared square axes
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+# ------------------
 #
 # Produce shared subplots that are squared in size.
 #
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
 # %%
 # Square twin axes
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+# ----------------
 #
 # Produce a square axes, with a twin axes. The twinned axes takes over the
 # box aspect of the parent.
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 
 # %%
 # Normal plot next to image
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+# -------------------------
 #
 # When creating an image plot with fixed data aspect and the default
 # ``adjustable="box"`` next to a normal plot, the axes would be unequal in
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 
 # %%
 # Square joint/marginal plot
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+# --------------------------
 #
 # It may be desirable to show marginal distributions next to a plot of joint
 # data. The following creates a square plot with the box aspect of the
@@ -115,12 +115,13 @@
 plt.show()
 
 # %%
-# Square joint/marginal plot
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+# Set data aspect with box aspect
+# -------------------------------
 #
 # When setting the box aspect, one may still set the data aspect as well.
-# Here we create an Axes with a box twice as long as tall and use an "equal"
-# data aspect for its contents, i.e. the circle actually stays circular.
+# Here we create an Axes with a box twice as long as it is tall and use
+# an "equal" data aspect for its contents, i.e. the circle actually
+# stays circular.
 
 fig6, ax = plt.subplots()
 
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@
 
 # %%
 # Box aspect for many subplots
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+# ----------------------------
 #
 # It is possible to pass the box aspect to an Axes at initialization. The
 # following creates a 2 by 3 subplot grid with all square Axes.
diff --git a/galleries/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/angle_annotation.py b/galleries/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/angle_annotation.py
index 419d094bb6a9..178f54863477 100644
--- a/galleries/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/angle_annotation.py
+++ b/galleries/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/angle_annotation.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 # %%
 # AngleAnnotation class
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+# ---------------------
 # The essential idea here is to subclass `~.patches.Arc` and set its transform
 # to the `~.transforms.IdentityTransform`, making the parameters of the arc
 # defined in pixel space.
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ def R(a, r, w, h):
 # .. _angle-annotation-usage:
 #
 # Usage
-# ~~~~~
+# -----
 #
 # Required arguments to ``AngleAnnotation`` are the center of the arc, *xy*,
 # and two points, such that the arc spans between the two vectors connecting
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ def R(a, r, w, h):
 
 # %%
 # ``AngleLabel`` options
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+# ----------------------
 #
 # The *textposition* and *unit* keyword arguments may be used to modify the
 # location of the text label, as shown below: