diff --git a/galleries/examples/subplots_axes_and_figures/axhspan_demo.py b/galleries/examples/subplots_axes_and_figures/axhspan_demo.py
index 788030fcc5f3..5544618016d6 100644
--- a/galleries/examples/subplots_axes_and_figures/axhspan_demo.py
+++ b/galleries/examples/subplots_axes_and_figures/axhspan_demo.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 s = 2.9 * np.convolve(np.random.randn(500), np.ones(30) / 30, mode='valid')
 ax1.plot(s)
 ax1.axhspan(-1, 1, alpha=0.1)
-ax1.set_ylim(-1.5, 1.5)
+ax1.set(ylim=(-1.5, 1.5), title="axhspan")
 
 
 mu = 8
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 ax2.axvspan(mu+sigma, mu+2*sigma, color='0.95')
 ax2.axvline(mu, color='darkgrey', linestyle='--')
 ax2.plot(x, y)
+ax2.set(title="axvspan")
 
 plt.show()