diff --git a/galleries/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/fancyarrow_demo.py b/galleries/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/fancyarrow_demo.py
index 8d0027831e4a..4f45a9a72a47 100644
--- a/galleries/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/fancyarrow_demo.py
+++ b/galleries/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/fancyarrow_demo.py
@@ -19,35 +19,31 @@
 nrow = (len(styles) + 1) // ncol
 axs = (plt.figure(figsize=(4 * ncol, 1 + nrow))
        .add_gridspec(1 + nrow, ncol,
-                     wspace=.7, left=.1, right=.9, bottom=0, top=1).subplots())
+                     wspace=0, hspace=0, left=0, right=1, bottom=0, top=1).subplots())
 for ax in axs.flat:
+    ax.set_xlim(-0.5, 4)
     ax.set_axis_off()
 for ax in axs[0, :]:
-    ax.text(0, .5, "arrowstyle",
-            transform=ax.transAxes, size="large", color="tab:blue",
-            horizontalalignment="center", verticalalignment="center")
-    ax.text(.35, .5, "default parameters",
-            transform=ax.transAxes,
-            horizontalalignment="left", verticalalignment="center")
+    ax.text(-0.25, 0.5, "arrowstyle", size="large", color="tab:blue")
+    ax.text(1.25, .5, "default parameters", size="large")
 for ax, (stylename, stylecls) in zip(axs[1:, :].T.flat, styles.items()):
-    l, = ax.plot(.25, .5, "ok", transform=ax.transAxes)
-    ax.annotate(stylename, (.25, .5), (-0.1, .5),
-                xycoords="axes fraction", textcoords="axes fraction",
-                size="large", color="tab:blue",
-                horizontalalignment="center", verticalalignment="center",
+    # draw dot and annotation with arrowstyle
+    l, = ax.plot(1, 0, "o", color="grey")
+    ax.annotate(stylename, (1, 0), (0, 0),
+                size="large", color="tab:blue", ha="center", va="center",
                 arrowprops=dict(
                     arrowstyle=stylename, connectionstyle="arc3,rad=-0.05",
                     color="k", shrinkA=5, shrinkB=5, patchB=l,
                 ),
-                bbox=dict(boxstyle="square", fc="w"))
+                bbox=dict(boxstyle="square", fc="w", ec="grey"))
+    # draw default parameters
     # wrap at every nth comma (n = 1 or 2, depending on text length)
     s = str(inspect.signature(stylecls))[1:-1]
     n = 2 if s.count(',') > 3 else 1
-    ax.text(.35, .5,
+    ax.text(1.25, 0,
             re.sub(', ', lambda m, c=itertools.count(1): m.group()
                    if next(c) % n else '\n', s),
-            transform=ax.transAxes,
-            horizontalalignment="left", verticalalignment="center")
+            verticalalignment="center")
 
 plt.show()