diff --git a/examples/animation/dynamic_image.py b/examples/animation/dynamic_image.py
index d82e62f62af6..57d193ceae26 100644
--- a/examples/animation/dynamic_image.py
+++ b/examples/animation/dynamic_image.py
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ def f(x, y):
 #
 # or
 #
-# from matplotlib.animation import FFMpegWriter
-# writer = FFMpegWriter(fps=15, metadata=dict(artist='Me'), bitrate=1800)
+# writer = animation.FFMpegWriter(
+#     fps=15, metadata=dict(artist='Me'), bitrate=1800)
 # ani.save("movie.mp4", writer=writer)
 
 plt.show()
diff --git a/examples/animation/simple_anim.py b/examples/animation/simple_anim.py
index 59552cd1cfa7..507d878bd183 100644
--- a/examples/animation/simple_anim.py
+++ b/examples/animation/simple_anim.py
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ def animate(i):
 #
 # or
 #
-# from matplotlib.animation import FFMpegWriter
-# writer = FFMpegWriter(fps=15, metadata=dict(artist='Me'), bitrate=1800)
+# writer = animation.FFMpegWriter(
+#     fps=15, metadata=dict(artist='Me'), bitrate=1800)
 # ani.save("movie.mp4", writer=writer)
 
 plt.show()