diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/vline_hline_demo.py b/examples/pylab_examples/vline_hline_demo.py
index 63f71dff4173..1959b4af8e5e 100644
--- a/examples/pylab_examples/vline_hline_demo.py
+++ b/examples/pylab_examples/vline_hline_demo.py
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 """
-Small demonstration of the hlines and vlines plots.
+=================
+hlines and vlines
+=================
+
+This example showcases the functions hlines and vlines.
 """
 
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+from matplotlib.transforms import blended_transform_factory as btf
 import numpy as np
 import numpy.random as rnd
 
@@ -22,6 +27,7 @@ def f(t):
 
 vax.plot(t, s + nse, '^')
 vax.vlines(t, [0], s)
+vax.vlines([1, 2], 0, 1, transform=btf(vax.transData, vax.transAxes), colors='r')
 vax.set_xlabel('time (s)')
 vax.set_title('Vertical lines demo')