diff --git a/sklearn/metrics/_plot/confusion_matrix.py b/sklearn/metrics/_plot/confusion_matrix.py
index 537d2b9f0d8..df4e59fb538 100644
--- a/sklearn/metrics/_plot/confusion_matrix.py
+++ b/sklearn/metrics/_plot/confusion_matrix.py
@@ -176,6 +176,22 @@ def plot_confusion_matrix(estimator, X, y_true, labels=None,
     Returns
     -------
     display : :class:`~sklearn.metrics.ConfusionMatrixDisplay`
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt  # doctest: +SKIP
+    >>> from sklearn.datasets import make_classification
+    >>> from sklearn.metrics import plot_confusion_matrix
+    >>> from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split
+    >>> from sklearn.svm import SVC
+    >>> X, y = make_classification(random_state=0)
+    >>> X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(
+    ...         X, y, random_state=0)
+    >>> clf = SVC(random_state=0)
+    >>> clf.fit(X_train, y_train)
+    SVC(random_state=0)
+    >>> plot_confusion_matrix(clf, X_test, y_test)  # doctest: +SKIP
+    >>> plt.show()  # doctest: +SKIP
     """
     check_matplotlib_support("plot_confusion_matrix")