diff --git a/examples/axes_grid1/demo_axes_rgb.py b/examples/axes_grid1/demo_axes_rgb.py
index 9b1ccb431d77..fa6ffdb5df3e 100644
--- a/examples/axes_grid1/demo_axes_rgb.py
+++ b/examples/axes_grid1/demo_axes_rgb.py
@@ -59,11 +59,8 @@ def demo_rgb2():
     ax_b.imshow(im_b)
 
     for ax in fig.axes:
-        ax.tick_params(axis='both', direction='in')
+        ax.tick_params(direction='in', color='w')
         ax.spines[:].set_color("w")
-        for tick in ax.xaxis.get_major_ticks() + ax.yaxis.get_major_ticks():
-            tick.tick1line.set_markeredgecolor("w")
-            tick.tick2line.set_markeredgecolor("w")
 
 
 demo_rgb1()
diff --git a/examples/images_contours_and_fields/image_masked.py b/examples/images_contours_and_fields/image_masked.py
index b6dacd7114e4..fa5f8047a8ff 100644
--- a/examples/images_contours_and_fields/image_masked.py
+++ b/examples/images_contours_and_fields/image_masked.py
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@
 ax1.set_title('Green=low, Red=high, Blue=masked')
 cbar = fig.colorbar(im, extend='both', shrink=0.9, ax=ax1)
 cbar.set_label('uniform')
-for ticklabel in ax1.xaxis.get_ticklabels():
-    ticklabel.set_visible(False)
+ax1.tick_params(axis='x', labelbottom=False)
 
 # Plot using a small number of colors, with unevenly spaced boundaries.
 im = ax2.imshow(Zm, interpolation='nearest',
diff --git a/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/fill_between_alpha.py b/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/fill_between_alpha.py
index 2a72183da664..9f4351b0006f 100644
--- a/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/fill_between_alpha.py
+++ b/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/fill_between_alpha.py
@@ -30,10 +30,9 @@
 
 for ax in ax1, ax2:
     ax.grid(True)
+    ax.label_outer()
 
 ax1.set_ylabel('price')
-for label in ax2.get_yticklabels():
-    label.set_visible(False)
 
 fig.suptitle('Google (GOOG) daily closing price')
 fig.autofmt_xdate()
diff --git a/examples/pyplots/fig_axes_customize_simple.py b/examples/pyplots/fig_axes_customize_simple.py
index 7ab5cfb1c224..b557feb961aa 100644
--- a/examples/pyplots/fig_axes_customize_simple.py
+++ b/examples/pyplots/fig_axes_customize_simple.py
@@ -19,18 +19,8 @@
 rect = ax1.patch
 rect.set_facecolor('lightslategray')
 
-
-for label in ax1.xaxis.get_ticklabels():
-    # label is a Text instance
-    label.set_color('tab:red')
-    label.set_rotation(45)
-    label.set_fontsize(16)
-
-for line in ax1.yaxis.get_ticklines():
-    # line is a Line2D instance
-    line.set_markeredgecolor('tab:green')
-    line.set_markersize(25)
-    line.set_markeredgewidth(3)
+ax1.tick_params(axis='x', labelcolor='tab:red', labelrotation=45, labelsize=16)
+ax1.tick_params(axis='y', color='tab:green', size=25, width=3)
 
 plt.show()
 
diff --git a/examples/subplots_axes_and_figures/align_labels_demo.py b/examples/subplots_axes_and_figures/align_labels_demo.py
index 4be8081ee1f0..0e600b790c47 100644
--- a/examples/subplots_axes_and_figures/align_labels_demo.py
+++ b/examples/subplots_axes_and_figures/align_labels_demo.py
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@
     ax.set_ylabel('YLabel1 %d' % i)
     ax.set_xlabel('XLabel1 %d' % i)
     if i == 0:
-        for tick in ax.get_xticklabels():
-            tick.set_rotation(55)
+        ax.tick_params(axis='x', rotation=55)
 fig.align_labels()  # same as fig.align_xlabels(); fig.align_ylabels()
 
 plt.show()