diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 3ebc5d8b6333b..a4b7d97c2cf5e 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -315,7 +315,6 @@
    import numpy as np
    import pandas as pd
 
-   randn = np.random.randn
    np.random.seed(123456)
    np.set_printoptions(precision=4, suppress=True)
    pd.options.display.max_rows = 15
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.10.0.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.10.0.rst
index 59ea6b9776232..2e0442364b2f3 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.10.0.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.10.0.rst
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ Here is a taste of what to expect.
 
 .. code-block:: ipython
 
-  In [58]: p4d = Panel4D(randn(2, 2, 5, 4),
+  In [58]: p4d = Panel4D(np.random.randn(2, 2, 5, 4),
     ....:       labels=['Label1','Label2'],
     ....:       items=['Item1', 'Item2'],
     ....:       major_axis=date_range('1/1/2000', periods=5),