diff --git a/docs/tutorials/barren_plateaus.ipynb b/docs/tutorials/barren_plateaus.ipynb
index bbd5d5e9a..4d538cae4 100644
--- a/docs/tutorials/barren_plateaus.ipynb
+++ b/docs/tutorials/barren_plateaus.ipynb
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@
         "plt.semilogy(n_qubits, theta_var)\n",
         "plt.title('Gradient Variance in QNNs')\n",
         "plt.xlabel('n_qubits')\n",
+        "plt.xticks(n_qubits)\n",
         "plt.ylabel('$\\\\partial \\\\theta$ variance')\n",
         "plt.show()"
       ]
@@ -482,6 +483,7 @@
         "plt.semilogy(n_qubits, heuristic_theta_var)\n",
         "plt.title('Heuristic vs. Random')\n",
         "plt.xlabel('n_qubits')\n",
+        "plt.xticks(n_qubits)\n",
         "plt.ylabel('$\\\\partial \\\\theta$ variance')\n",
         "plt.show()"
       ]