diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/multipage_pdf.py b/examples/pylab_examples/multipage_pdf.py
index c32b73bee3e..d6f58f330f9 100644
--- a/examples/pylab_examples/multipage_pdf.py
+++ b/examples/pylab_examples/multipage_pdf.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     pdf.savefig()  # saves the current figure into a pdf page
     plt.close()
 
+    # if LaTeX is not installed or error caught, change to `usetex=False`
     plt.rc('text', usetex=True)
     plt.figure(figsize=(8, 6))
     x = np.arange(0, 5, 0.1)