diff --git a/examples/gallery/images/track_sampling.py b/examples/gallery/images/track_sampling.py
index 02ba34a418c..8d17987ca69 100644
--- a/examples/gallery/images/track_sampling.py
+++ b/examples/gallery/images/track_sampling.py
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
 
 fig = pygmt.Figure()
 # Plot the earth relief grid on Cylindrical Stereographic projection, masking land areas
-fig.basemap(region="g", frame=True, projection="Cyl_stere/150/-20/15c")
+fig.basemap(region="g", projection="Cyl_stere/150/-20/15c", frame=True)
 fig.grdimage(grid=grid, cmap="gray")
 fig.coast(land="#666666")
-# Plot using circles (c) of 0.15 cm, the sampled bathymetry points
+# Plot the sampled bathymetry points using circles (c) of 0.15 cm
 # Points are colored using elevation values (normalized for visual purposes)
 fig.plot(
     x=track.longitude,