diff --git a/examples/ensemble/plot_random_forest_embedding.py b/examples/ensemble/plot_random_forest_embedding.py
index 84df41848fe48..6bc98b8a5cc00 100644
--- a/examples/ensemble/plot_random_forest_embedding.py
+++ b/examples/ensemble/plot_random_forest_embedding.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 
 
 # scatter plot of original and reduced data
-fig = pl.figure(figsize=(8, 8))
+fig = pl.figure(figsize=(9, 8))
 
 ax = pl.subplot(221)
 ax.scatter(X[:, 0], X[:, 1], c=y, s=50)
@@ -100,6 +100,6 @@
 ax.set_xlim(-1.4, 1.4)
 ax.set_xticks(())
 ax.set_yticks(())
-fig.subplots_adjust(left=0.02, right=0.98, top=0.94, bottom=0.02)
 
+pl.tight_layout()
 pl.show()