diff --git a/src/sage/graphs/generic_graph.py b/src/sage/graphs/generic_graph.py
index 560f3d002cd..c74e215a16b 100644
--- a/src/sage/graphs/generic_graph.py
+++ b/src/sage/graphs/generic_graph.py
@@ -17342,14 +17342,14 @@ def _color_by_label(self, format='hex', as_function=False, default_color = "blac
         The default output is a dictionary assigning edges to colors::
 
             sage: G._color_by_label()
-            {'#0000ff': [((1,3,2,4), (1,4)(2,3), 3), ..., ((1,3), (1,4,3), 3)],
-             '#00ff00': [((1,3,2,4), (1,2,4), 2), ..., ((1,3), (1,2,3), 2)],
-             '#ff0000': [((1,3,2,4), (1,3)(2,4), 1), ..., ((1,3), (1,3,2), 1)]}
+            {'#0000ff': [((1,3,2,4), (1,4)(2,3), 3), ...],
+             '#00ff00': [((1,3,2,4), (1,2,4), 2), ...],
+             '#ff0000': [((1,3,2,4), (1,3)(2,4), 1), ...]}
 
             sage: G._color_by_label({1: "blue", 2: "red", 3: "green"})
-            {'blue': [((1,3,2,4), (1,3)(2,4), 1), ..., ((1,3), (1,3,2), 1)],
-             'green': [((1,3,2,4), (1,4)(2,3), 3), ..., ((1,3), (1,4,3), 3)],
-             'red': [((1,3,2,4), (1,2,4), 2), ..., ((1,3), (1,2,3), 2)]}
+            {'blue': [((1,3,2,4), (1,3)(2,4), 1), ...],
+             'green': [((1,3,2,4), (1,4)(2,3), 3), ...],
+             'red': [((1,3,2,4), (1,2,4), 2), ...]}
 
         TESTS: