diff --git a/galleries/examples/ticks/fig_axes_customize_simple.py b/galleries/examples/ticks/fig_axes_customize_simple.py
index 510ec8e77b6a..0dd85ec4bd93 100644
--- a/galleries/examples/ticks/fig_axes_customize_simple.py
+++ b/galleries/examples/ticks/fig_axes_customize_simple.py
@@ -10,16 +10,11 @@
 
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
-# %%
-# `.pyplot.figure` creates a `matplotlib.figure.Figure` instance.
-
 fig = plt.figure()
-rect = fig.patch  # a rectangle instance
-rect.set_facecolor('lightgoldenrodyellow')
+fig.patch.set_facecolor('lightgoldenrodyellow')
 
 ax1 = fig.add_axes([0.1, 0.3, 0.4, 0.4])
-rect = ax1.patch
-rect.set_facecolor('lightslategray')
+ax1.patch.set_facecolor('lightslategray')
 
 ax1.tick_params(axis='x', labelcolor='tab:red', labelrotation=45, labelsize=16)
 ax1.tick_params(axis='y', color='tab:green', size=25, width=3)
@@ -33,13 +28,5 @@
 #    The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown
 #    in this example:
 #
-#    - `matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_ticklabels`
-#    - `matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_ticklines`
-#    - `matplotlib.text.Text.set_rotation`
-#    - `matplotlib.text.Text.set_fontsize`
-#    - `matplotlib.text.Text.set_color`
-#    - `matplotlib.lines.Line2D`
-#    - `matplotlib.lines.Line2D.set_markeredgecolor`
-#    - `matplotlib.lines.Line2D.set_markersize`
-#    - `matplotlib.lines.Line2D.set_markeredgewidth`
+#    - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.tick_params`
 #    - `matplotlib.patches.Patch.set_facecolor`