diff --git a/examples/shapes_and_collections/fancybox_demo.py b/examples/shapes_and_collections/fancybox_demo.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 The following examples show how to plot boxes with different visual properties.
 """
 
+import inspect
+
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import matplotlib.transforms as mtransforms
 import matplotlib.patches as mpatch
@@ -15,17 +17,16 @@
 # First we'll show some sample boxes with fancybox.
-# First we'll show some sample boxes with fancybox.
+# The following box styles are available:
-# First we'll show some sample boxes with fancybox.
+# The following box styles are available:
 
 styles = mpatch.BoxStyle.get_styles()
-spacing = 1.2
-
-figheight = (spacing * len(styles) + .5)
-fig = plt.figure(figsize=(4 / 1.5, figheight / 1.5))
-fontsize = 0.3 * 72
-
-for i, stylename in enumerate(sorted(styles)):
-    fig.text(0.5, (spacing * (len(styles) - i) - 0.5) / figheight, stylename,
-             ha="center",
-             size=fontsize,
-             bbox=dict(boxstyle=stylename, fc="w", ec="k"))
+ncol = 2
+nrow = (len(styles) + 1) // ncol
+axs = plt.figure(figsize=(3 * ncol, nrow)).subplots(nrow, ncol)
+for ax in axs.flat:
+    ax.set_axis_off()
+for ax, (stylename, stylecls) in zip(axs.T.flat, styles.items()):
+    ax.text(.5, .5,
+            f"{stylename}\n{inspect.signature(stylecls)}",
+            transform=ax.transAxes, ha="center", va="center",
+            bbox=dict(boxstyle=stylename, fc="w", ec="k"))
 
 
 ###############################################################################

diff --git a/examples/userdemo/annotate_simple01.py b/examples/userdemo/annotate_simple01.py
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/patches.py b/lib/matplotlib/patches.py
@@ -2138,7 +2138,7 @@ def _simpleprint_styles(_styles):
     {stylename: styleclass}, return a string rep of the list of keys.
     Used to update the documentation.
     """
-    return "[{}]".format("|".join(map(" '{}' ".format, sorted(_styles))))
+    return "[{}]".format("|".join(map(" '{}' ".format, _styles)))
 
 
 class _Style:
@@ -2184,7 +2184,7 @@ def pprint_styles(cls):
                     f'``{name}``',
                     # [1:-1] drops the surrounding parentheses.
                     str(inspect.signature(cls))[1:-1] or 'None')
-                   for name, cls in sorted(cls._style_list.items())]]
+                   for name, cls in cls._style_list.items()]]
         # Convert to rst table.
         col_len = [max(len(cell) for cell in column) for column in zip(*table)]
         table_formatstr = '  '.join('=' * cl for cl in col_len)