diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/ginput_demo.py b/examples/pylab_examples/ginput_demo.py
index 4ef3c617a1dc..f92f16917a71 100644
--- a/examples/pylab_examples/ginput_demo.py
+++ b/examples/pylab_examples/ginput_demo.py
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 
 from __future__ import print_function
 
-from pylab import arange, plot, sin, ginput, show
-t = arange(10)
-plot(t, sin(t))
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+import numpy as np
+t = np.arange(10)
+plt.plot(t, np.sin(t))
 print("Please click")
-x = ginput(3)
+x = plt.ginput(3)
 print("clicked", x)
-show()
+plt.show()