diff --git a/doc/ipython-notebooks/clustering/KMeans.ipynb b/doc/ipython-notebooks/clustering/KMeans.ipynb
index bd480e391f8..cf49d3ccc70 100644
--- a/doc/ipython-notebooks/clustering/KMeans.ipynb
+++ b/doc/ipython-notebooks/clustering/KMeans.ipynb
@@ -59,13 +59,14 @@
       "from numpy import concatenate, array\n",
       "from numpy.random import randn\n",
       "\n",
-      "num=200\n",
+      "num = 200\n",
       "d1 = concatenate((randn(1,num),10.*randn(1,num)),0)\n",
       "d2 = concatenate((randn(1,num),10.*randn(1,num)),0)+array([[10.],[0.]])\n",
       "d3 = concatenate((randn(1,num),10.*randn(1,num)),0)+array([[0.],[100.]])\n",
       "d4 = concatenate((randn(1,num),10.*randn(1,num)),0)+array([[10.],[100.]])\n",
       "\n",
-      "rectangle = concatenate((d1,d2,d3,d4),1)"
+      "rectangle = concatenate((d1,d2,d3,d4),1)\n",
+      "totalPoints = 800 "
      ],
      "language": "python",
      "metadata": {},
@@ -189,18 +190,21 @@
      "cell_type": "code",
      "collapsed": false,
      "input": [
-      "figure,axis = pyplot.subplots(1,1)\n",
-      "for i in xrange(800):\n",
-      "    if (result[i]==0.0):\n",
-      "        axis.plot(rectangle[0,i], rectangle[1,i], 'o', color='green', markersize=3)\n",
-      "    else:\n",
-      "        axis.plot(rectangle[0,i], rectangle[1,i], 'o', color='blue', markersize=3)\n",
-      "    axis.plot(centers[0,0], centers[1,0], 'x', color='green', markersize=10)\n",
-      "    axis.plot(centers[0,1], centers[1,1], 'x', color='blue', markersize=10)\n",
-      "axis.set_xlim(-5,15)\n",
-      "axis.set_ylim(-50,150)\n",
-      "axis.set_title('KMeans Results')\n",
-      "pyplot.show()"
+      "def plotResult(title = 'KMeans Plot'):\n",
+      "    figure,axis = pyplot.subplots(1,1)\n",
+      "    for i in xrange(totalPoints):\n",
+      "        if (result[i]==0.0):\n",
+      "            axis.plot(rectangle[0,i], rectangle[1,i], 'o', color='green', markersize=3)\n",
+      "        else:\n",
+      "            axis.plot(rectangle[0,i], rectangle[1,i], 'o', color='blue', markersize=3)\n",
+      "        axis.plot(centers[0,0], centers[1,0], 'x', color='green', markersize=10)\n",
+      "        axis.plot(centers[0,1], centers[1,1], 'x', color='blue', markersize=10)\n",
+      "    axis.set_xlim(-5,15)\n",
+      "    axis.set_ylim(-50,150)\n",
+      "    axis.set_title(title)\n",
+      "    pyplot.show()\n",
+      "    \n",
+      "plotResult('KMeans Results')"
      ],
      "language": "python",
      "metadata": {},
@@ -277,18 +281,8 @@
       "# Labels for data points\n",
       "result = kmeans.apply()\n",
       "\n",
-      "figure,axis = pyplot.subplots(1,1)\n",
-      "for i in xrange(800):\n",
-      "    if (result[i]==0.0):\n",
-      "        axis.plot(rectangle[0,i], rectangle[1,i], 'o', color='green', markersize=3)\n",
-      "    else:\n",
-      "        axis.plot(rectangle[0,i], rectangle[1,i], 'o', color='blue', markersize=3)\n",
-      "    axis.plot(centers[0,0], centers[1,0], 'x', color='green', markersize=10)\n",
-      "    axis.plot(centers[0,1], centers[1,1], 'x', color='blue', markersize=10)\n",
-      "axis.set_xlim(-5,15)\n",
-      "axis.set_ylim(-50,150)\n",
-      "axis.set_title('Hand initialized KMeans Results 1')\n",
-      "pyplot.show()"
+      "# plot the results\n",
+      "plotResult('Hand initialized KMeans Results 1')"
      ],
      "language": "python",
      "metadata": {},
@@ -334,18 +328,8 @@
       "# Labels for data points\n",
       "result = kmeans.apply()\n",
       "\n",
-      "figure,axis = pyplot.subplots(1,1)\n",
-      "for i in xrange(800):\n",
-      "    if (result[i]==0.0):\n",
-      "        axis.plot(rectangle[0,i], rectangle[1,i], 'o', color='green', markersize=3)\n",
-      "    else:\n",
-      "        axis.plot(rectangle[0,i], rectangle[1,i], 'o', color='blue', markersize=3)\n",
-      "    axis.plot(centers[0,0], centers[1,0], 'x', color='green', markersize=10)\n",
-      "    axis.plot(centers[0,1], centers[1,1], 'x', color='blue', markersize=10)\n",
-      "axis.set_xlim(-5,15)\n",
-      "axis.set_ylim(-50,150)\n",
-      "axis.set_title('Hand initialized KMeans Results 2')\n",
-      "pyplot.show()"
+      "# plot the results\n",
+      "plotResult('Hand initialized KMeans Results 2')"
      ],
      "language": "python",
      "metadata": {},
@@ -415,18 +399,8 @@
       "# Labels for data points\n",
       "result = kmeans.apply()\n",
       "\n",
-      "figure,axis = pyplot.subplots(1,1)\n",
-      "for i in xrange(800):\n",
-      "    if (result[i]==0.0):\n",
-      "        axis.plot(rectangle[0,i], rectangle[1,i], 'o', color='green', markersize=3)\n",
-      "    else:\n",
-      "        axis.plot(rectangle[0,i], rectangle[1,i], 'o', color='blue', markersize=3)\n",
-      "    axis.plot(centers[0,0], centers[1,0], 'x', color='green', markersize=10)\n",
-      "    axis.plot(centers[0,1], centers[1,1], 'x', color='blue', markersize=10)\n",
-      "axis.set_xlim(-5,15)\n",
-      "axis.set_ylim(-50,150)\n",
-      "axis.set_title('KMeans with KMeans++ Results')\n",
-      "pyplot.show()"
+      "# plot the results\n",
+      "plotResult('KMeans with KMeans++ Results')"
      ],
      "language": "python",
      "metadata": {},
@@ -555,18 +529,8 @@
       "# Labels for data points\n",
       "result = kmeans.apply()\n",
       "\n",
-      "figure,axis = pyplot.subplots(1,1)\n",
-      "for i in xrange(800):\n",
-      "    if (result[i]==0.0):\n",
-      "        axis.plot(rectangle[0,i], rectangle[1,i], 'o', color='green', markersize=3)\n",
-      "    else:\n",
-      "        axis.plot(rectangle[0,i], rectangle[1,i], 'o', color='blue', markersize=3)\n",
-      "    axis.plot(centers[0,0], centers[1,0], 'x', color='green', markersize=10)\n",
-      "    axis.plot(centers[0,1], centers[1,1], 'x', color='blue', markersize=10)\n",
-      "axis.set_xlim(-5,15)\n",
-      "axis.set_ylim(-50,150)\n",
-      "axis.set_title('Mini-batch KMeans Results')\n",
-      "pyplot.show()"
+      "# plot the results\n",
+      "plotResult('Mini-batch KMeans Results')"
      ],
      "language": "python",
      "metadata": {},