diff --git a/docs/content/reference/types/views/spatial2d_view.md b/docs/content/reference/types/views/spatial2d_view.md
index 8e70bcd35afc0..463ef2947b3a2 100644
--- a/docs/content/reference/types/views/spatial2d_view.md
+++ b/docs/content/reference/types/views/spatial2d_view.md
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ Somethings outside of these bounds may also be visible due to letterboxing.
 ### `time_ranges`
 Configures which range on each timeline is shown by this view (unless specified differently per entity).
 
+If not specified, the default is to show the latest state of each component.
+If a timeline is specified more than once, the first entry will be used.
+
 ## Api reference links
  * 🐍 [Python API docs for `Spatial2DView`](https://ref.rerun.io/docs/python/stable/common/blueprint_views?speculative-link#rerun.blueprint.views.Spatial2DView)
 
diff --git a/docs/content/reference/types/views/spatial3d_view.md b/docs/content/reference/types/views/spatial3d_view.md
index 63c6e212b1216..637b01099b996 100644
--- a/docs/content/reference/types/views/spatial3d_view.md
+++ b/docs/content/reference/types/views/spatial3d_view.md
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ Configuration for the background of the view.
 ### `time_ranges`
 Configures which range on each timeline is shown by this view (unless specified differently per entity).
 
+If not specified, the default is to show the latest state of each component.
+If a timeline is specified more than once, the first entry will be used.
+
 ## Api reference links
  * 🐍 [Python API docs for `Spatial3DView`](https://ref.rerun.io/docs/python/stable/common/blueprint_views?speculative-link#rerun.blueprint.views.Spatial3DView)
 
diff --git a/docs/content/reference/types/views/time_series_view.md b/docs/content/reference/types/views/time_series_view.md
index 980da9468706b..186ccb312aba8 100644
--- a/docs/content/reference/types/views/time_series_view.md
+++ b/docs/content/reference/types/views/time_series_view.md
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ Configures the legend of the plot.
 ### `time_ranges`
 Configures which range on each timeline is shown by this view (unless specified differently per entity).
 
+If not specified, the default is to show the entire timeline.
+If a timeline is specified more than once, the first entry will be used.
+
 ## Api reference links
  * 🐍 [Python API docs for `TimeSeriesView`](https://ref.rerun.io/docs/python/stable/common/blueprint_views?speculative-link#rerun.blueprint.views.TimeSeriesView)
 
diff --git a/rerun_py/rerun_sdk/rerun/blueprint/views/spatial2d_view.py b/rerun_py/rerun_sdk/rerun/blueprint/views/spatial2d_view.py
index 6d10a4ec897fe..dbc29d6ed133f 100644
--- a/rerun_py/rerun_sdk/rerun/blueprint/views/spatial2d_view.py
+++ b/rerun_py/rerun_sdk/rerun/blueprint/views/spatial2d_view.py
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@ class Spatial2DView(SpaceView):
     -------
     ### Use a blueprint to customize a Spatial2DView.:
     ```python
+    import numpy as np
     import rerun as rr
     import rerun.blueprint as rrb
-    from numpy.random import default_rng
-    import numpy as np
 
     rr.init("rerun_example_spatial_2d", spawn=True)