diff --git a/nltk/text.py b/nltk/text.py
index 3e3388e532..8ab8b2acc4 100644
--- a/nltk/text.py
+++ b/nltk/text.py
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ def plot(self, *args):
         See documentation for FreqDist.plot()
         :seealso: nltk.prob.FreqDist.plot()
         """
-        self.vocab().plot(*args)
+        return self.vocab().plot(*args)
 
     def vocab(self):
         """