diff --git a/docs/examples/iv-modeling/plot_singlediode.py b/docs/examples/iv-modeling/plot_singlediode.py
index c8cbe506ca..1cdda9f348 100644
--- a/docs/examples/iv-modeling/plot_singlediode.py
+++ b/docs/examples/iv-modeling/plot_singlediode.py
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@
 plt.xlabel('Module voltage [V]')
 plt.ylabel('Module current [A]')
 plt.title(parameters['Name'])
-plt.show()
 plt.gcf().set_tight_layout(True)
 
 
@@ -136,6 +135,7 @@ def draw_arrow(ax, label, x0, y0, rotation, size, direction):
 ax = plt.gca()
 draw_arrow(ax, 'Irradiance', 20, 2.5, 90, 15, 'r')
 draw_arrow(ax, 'Temperature', 35, 1, 0, 15, 'l')
+plt.show()
 
 print(pd.DataFrame({
     'i_sc': curve_info['i_sc'],
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.10.3.rst b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.10.3.rst
index 0853254983..8bdc2cf98f 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.10.3.rst
+++ b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.10.3.rst
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Testing
 
 Documentation
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
+* Fixed a plotting issue in the IV curve gallery example (:pull:`1895`)
 
 Contributors
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~