diff --git a/docs/examples/legends_colorbars/03_semantic_legends.py b/docs/examples/legends_colorbars/03_semantic_legends.py
index 3ae0948f6..2cd124ece 100644
--- a/docs/examples/legends_colorbars/03_semantic_legends.py
+++ b/docs/examples/legends_colorbars/03_semantic_legends.py
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
     ncols=1,
 )
 ax.axis("off")
+fig.show()
 
 
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