diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/arctest.py b/examples/pylab_examples/arctest.py
index b915f0075c93..35c12bee407d 100644
--- a/examples/pylab_examples/arctest.py
+++ b/examples/pylab_examples/arctest.py
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-from pylab import *
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+import numpy as np
 
 
 def f(t):
     'a damped exponential'
-    s1 = cos(2*pi*t)
-    e1 = exp(-t)
-    return multiply(s1, e1)
+    s1 = np.cos(2 * np.pi * t)
+    e1 = np.exp(-t)
+    return s1 * e1
 
-t1 = arange(0.0, 5.0, .2)
+t1 = np.arange(0.0, 5.0, .2)
 
 
-l = plot(t1, f(t1), 'ro')
-setp(l, 'markersize', 30)
-setp(l, 'markerfacecolor', 'b')
+l = plt.plot(t1, f(t1), 'ro')
+plt.setp(l, 'markersize', 30)
+plt.setp(l, 'markerfacecolor', 'b')
 
-show()
+plt.show()