diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py
index 86b4b3259a5..4414b9324d6 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py
@@ -7726,7 +7726,7 @@ def explode(self, column, ignore_index=False):
         DataFrame
 
         Examples
-        -------
+        --------
         >>> import cudf
         >>> cudf.DataFrame(
                 {"a": [[1, 2, 3], [], None, [4, 5]], "b": [11, 22, 33, 44]})
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/series.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/series.py
index 93a2260f338..0c356d33606 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/series.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/series.py
@@ -6379,7 +6379,7 @@ def explode(self, ignore_index=False):
         DataFrame
 
         Examples
-        -------
+        --------
         >>> import cudf
         >>> s = cudf.Series([[1, 2, 3], [], None, [4, 5]])
         >>> s