diff --git a/altair/examples/falkensee.py b/altair/examples/falkensee.py
index ff91fe72a..463e70ada 100644
--- a/altair/examples/falkensee.py
+++ b/altair/examples/falkensee.py
@@ -1,82 +1,77 @@
 """
-Falkensee
------------------------
-This example is a reproduction of the Falkensee plot found in the vega-lite examples.
+Population of Falkensee from 1875 to 2014
+-----------------------------------------
+This example is a reproduction of the Falkensee plot found in the Vega-Lite examples.
 """
 # category: case studies
 import altair as alt
 
 source = [
-      {"year": "1875", "population": 1309},
-      {"year": "1890", "population": 1558},
-      {"year": "1910", "population": 4512},
-      {"year": "1925", "population": 8180},
-      {"year": "1933", "population": 15915},
-      {"year": "1939", "population": 24824},
-      {"year": "1946", "population": 28275},
-      {"year": "1950", "population": 29189},
-      {"year": "1964", "population": 29881},
-      {"year": "1971", "population": 26007},
-      {"year": "1981", "population": 24029},
-      {"year": "1985", "population": 23340},
-      {"year": "1989", "population": 22307},
-      {"year": "1990", "population": 22087},
-      {"year": "1991", "population": 22139},
-      {"year": "1992", "population": 22105},
-      {"year": "1993", "population": 22242},
-      {"year": "1994", "population": 22801},
-      {"year": "1995", "population": 24273},
-      {"year": "1996", "population": 25640},
-      {"year": "1997", "population": 27393},
-      {"year": "1998", "population": 29505},
-      {"year": "1999", "population": 32124},
-      {"year": "2000", "population": 33791},
-      {"year": "2001", "population": 35297},
-      {"year": "2002", "population": 36179},
-      {"year": "2003", "population": 36829},
-      {"year": "2004", "population": 37493},
-      {"year": "2005", "population": 38376},
-      {"year": "2006", "population": 39008},
-      {"year": "2007", "population": 39366},
-      {"year": "2008", "population": 39821},
-      {"year": "2009", "population": 40179},
-      {"year": "2010", "population": 40511},
-      {"year": "2011", "population": 40465},
-      {"year": "2012", "population": 40905},
-      {"year": "2013", "population": 41258},
-      {"year": "2014", "population": 41777}
-    ]
+    {"year": "1875", "population": 1309},
+    {"year": "1890", "population": 1558},
+    {"year": "1910", "population": 4512},
+    {"year": "1925", "population": 8180},
+    {"year": "1933", "population": 15915},
+    {"year": "1939", "population": 24824},
+    {"year": "1946", "population": 28275},
+    {"year": "1950", "population": 29189},
+    {"year": "1964", "population": 29881},
+    {"year": "1971", "population": 26007},
+    {"year": "1981", "population": 24029},
+    {"year": "1985", "population": 23340},
+    {"year": "1989", "population": 22307},
+    {"year": "1990", "population": 22087},
+    {"year": "1991", "population": 22139},
+    {"year": "1992", "population": 22105},
+    {"year": "1993", "population": 22242},
+    {"year": "1994", "population": 22801},
+    {"year": "1995", "population": 24273},
+    {"year": "1996", "population": 25640},
+    {"year": "1997", "population": 27393},
+    {"year": "1998", "population": 29505},
+    {"year": "1999", "population": 32124},
+    {"year": "2000", "population": 33791},
+    {"year": "2001", "population": 35297},
+    {"year": "2002", "population": 36179},
+    {"year": "2003", "population": 36829},
+    {"year": "2004", "population": 37493},
+    {"year": "2005", "population": 38376},
+    {"year": "2006", "population": 39008},
+    {"year": "2007", "population": 39366},
+    {"year": "2008", "population": 39821},
+    {"year": "2009", "population": 40179},
+    {"year": "2010", "population": 40511},
+    {"year": "2011", "population": 40465},
+    {"year": "2012", "population": 40905},
+    {"year": "2013", "population": 41258},
+    {"year": "2014", "population": 41777},
+]
 
-source2 = [{
-            "start": "1933",
-            "end": "1945",
-            "event": "Nazi Rule"
-          },
-          {
-            "start": "1948",
-            "end": "1989",
-            "event": "GDR (East Germany)"
-          }]
+source2 = [
+    {"start": "1933", "end": "1945", "event": "Nazi Rule"},
+    {"start": "1948", "end": "1989", "event": "GDR (East Germany)"},
+]
 
 
 source = alt.pd.DataFrame(source)
 source2 = alt.pd.DataFrame(source2)
 
 
-line = alt.Chart(source).mark_line(color='#333').encode(
-    alt.X('year:T', axis=alt.Axis(format='%Y')),
-    y='population'
-).properties(
-    width=500,
-    height=300
+line = alt.Chart(source).mark_line(color="#333").encode(
+    x=alt.X("year:T", axis=alt.Axis(format="%Y"), title="Year"),
+    y=alt.Y("population", title="Population"),
 )
 
-point = line.mark_point(color='#333')
+point = line.mark_point(color="#333")
 
 rect = alt.Chart(source2).mark_rect().encode(
-    x='start:T',
-    x2='end:T',
-    color='event:N'
+    x="start:T",
+    x2="end:T",
+    color=alt.Color("event:N", title="Event")
 )
 
-rect + line + point
+(rect + line + point).properties(
+      title="Population of Falkensee from 1875 to 2014",
+      width=500,
+      height=300
+)