diff --git a/doc/pyplots/pyplot_formatstr.py b/doc/pyplots/pyplot_formatstr.py
index 2c4f425da973..b7a7786a602e 100644
--- a/doc/pyplots/pyplot_formatstr.py
+++ b/doc/pyplots/pyplot_formatstr.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 plt.plot([1,2,3,4], [1,4,9,16], 'ro')
 plt.axis([0, 6, 0, 20])
-
-
+plt.show()
diff --git a/doc/pyplots/pyplot_mathtext.py b/doc/pyplots/pyplot_mathtext.py
index 9ee51eabd41a..d90f5cbb381e 100644
--- a/doc/pyplots/pyplot_mathtext.py
+++ b/doc/pyplots/pyplot_mathtext.py
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
          fontsize=20)
 plt.xlabel('time (s)')
 plt.ylabel('volts (mV)')
+plt.show()
diff --git a/doc/pyplots/pyplot_text.py b/doc/pyplots/pyplot_text.py
index 64f2441485b8..19aad305f06b 100644
--- a/doc/pyplots/pyplot_text.py
+++ b/doc/pyplots/pyplot_text.py
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 plt.text(60, .025, r'$\mu=100,\ \sigma=15$')
 plt.axis([40, 160, 0, 0.03])
 plt.grid(True)
-
+plt.show()
diff --git a/doc/pyplots/pyplot_three.py b/doc/pyplots/pyplot_three.py
index ecb200e6b413..2762d7cbd1d7 100644
--- a/doc/pyplots/pyplot_three.py
+++ b/doc/pyplots/pyplot_three.py
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 
 # red dashes, blue squares and green triangles
 plt.plot(t, t, 'r--', t, t**2, 'bs', t, t**3, 'g^')
-
+plt.show()
diff --git a/doc/pyplots/pyplot_two_subplots.py b/doc/pyplots/pyplot_two_subplots.py
index 2a1af9fec45b..bfc6ebc121de 100644
--- a/doc/pyplots/pyplot_two_subplots.py
+++ b/doc/pyplots/pyplot_two_subplots.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ def f(t):
 
 plt.subplot(212)
 plt.plot(t2, np.cos(2*np.pi*t2), 'r--')
-
+plt.show()