diff --git a/docs/source/pyfigures/xray_2d_geom.py b/docs/source/pyfigures/xray_2d_geom.py
index 45cd7f55..e44a6a10 100644
--- a/docs/source/pyfigures/xray_2d_geom.py
+++ b/docs/source/pyfigures/xray_2d_geom.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 e = 1e-2
 style = "Simple, tail_width=0.5, head_width=4, head_length=8"
 fig, ax = plt.subplots(nrows=1, ncols=3, figsize=(21, 7))
+
+# all plots
 for n in range(3):
     ax[n].set_aspect(1.0)
     ax[n].set_xlim(-1.1, 1.1)
@@ -22,7 +24,9 @@
     ax[n].set_xlabel("axis 1", fontsize=16)
     ax[n].set_ylabel("axis 0", fontsize=16)
 
+
 # scico
+ax[0].set_title("scico", fontsize=18)
 plist = [
     patches.FancyArrowPatch((-1.0, 0.0), (-0.5, 0.0), arrowstyle=style, color="r"),
     patches.FancyArrowPatch((-c, -c), (-c / 2.0, -c / 2.0), arrowstyle=style, color="r"),
@@ -40,12 +44,41 @@
 ]
 for p in plist:
     ax[0].add_patch(p)
+
 ax[0].text(-0.88, 0.02, r"$\theta=0$", color="r", fontsize=16)
 ax[0].text(-3 * c / 4 - 0.01, -3 * c / 4 - 0.1, r"$\theta=\frac{\pi}{4}$", color="r", fontsize=16)
 ax[0].text(0.03, -0.8, r"$\theta=\frac{\pi}{2}$", color="r", fontsize=16)
-ax[0].set_title("scico", fontsize=18)
+
+ax[0].plot((1.0, 1.0), (-0.375, 0.375), color="orange", lw=2)
+ax[0].arrow(
+    0.94,
+    0.375,
+    0.0,
+    -0.75,
+    color="orange",
+    lw=1.0,
+    ls="--",
+    head_width=0.03,
+    length_includes_head=True,
+)
+ax[0].text(0.7, 0.0, r"$\theta=0$", color="orange", ha="left", fontsize=16)
+ax[0].plot((-0.375, 0.375), (1.0, 1.0), color="orange", lw=2)
+ax[0].arrow(
+    -0.375,
+    0.94,
+    0.75,
+    0.0,
+    color="orange",
+    lw=1.0,
+    ls="--",
+    head_width=0.03,
+    length_includes_head=True,
+)
+ax[0].text(0.0, 0.82, r"$\theta=\frac{\pi}{2}$", color="orange", ha="center", fontsize=16)
+
 
 # astra
+ax[1].set_title("astra", fontsize=18)
 plist = [
     patches.FancyArrowPatch((0.0, -1.0), (0.0, -0.5), arrowstyle=style, color="r"),
     patches.FancyArrowPatch((c, -c), (c / 2.0, -c / 2.0), arrowstyle=style, color="r"),
@@ -55,12 +88,41 @@
 ]
 for p in plist:
     ax[1].add_patch(p)
+
 ax[1].text(0.02, -0.75, r"$\theta=0$", color="r", fontsize=16)
 ax[1].text(3 * c / 4 + 0.01, -3 * c / 4 + 0.01, r"$\theta=\frac{\pi}{4}$", color="r", fontsize=16)
 ax[1].text(0.65, 0.05, r"$\theta=\frac{\pi}{2}$", color="r", fontsize=16)
-ax[1].set_title("astra", fontsize=18)
+
+ax[1].plot((-0.375, 0.375), (1.0, 1.0), color="orange", lw=2)
+ax[1].arrow(
+    -0.375,
+    0.94,
+    0.75,
+    0.0,
+    color="orange",
+    lw=1.0,
+    ls="--",
+    head_width=0.03,
+    length_includes_head=True,
+)
+ax[1].text(0.0, 0.82, r"$\theta=0$", color="orange", ha="center", fontsize=16)
+ax[1].plot((-1.0, -1.0), (-0.375, 0.375), color="orange", lw=2)
+ax[1].arrow(
+    -0.94,
+    -0.375,
+    0.0,
+    0.75,
+    color="orange",
+    lw=1.0,
+    ls="--",
+    head_width=0.03,
+    length_includes_head=True,
+)
+ax[1].text(-0.9, 0.0, r"$\theta=\frac{\pi}{2}$", color="orange", ha="left", fontsize=16)
+
 
 # svmbir
+ax[2].set_title("svmbir", fontsize=18)
 plist = [
     patches.FancyArrowPatch((-1.0, 0.0), (-0.5, 0.0), arrowstyle=style, color="r"),
     patches.FancyArrowPatch((-c, c), (-c / 2.0, c / 2.0), arrowstyle=style, color="r"),
@@ -81,7 +143,35 @@
 ax[2].text(-0.88, 0.02, r"$\theta=0$", color="r", fontsize=16)
 ax[2].text(-3 * c / 4 + 0.01, 3 * c / 4 + 0.01, r"$\theta=\frac{\pi}{4}$", color="r", fontsize=16)
 ax[2].text(0.03, 0.75, r"$\theta=\frac{\pi}{2}$", color="r", fontsize=16)
-ax[2].set_title("svmbir", fontsize=18)
+
+ax[2].plot((1.0, 1.0), (-0.375, 0.375), color="orange", lw=2)
+ax[2].arrow(
+    0.94,
+    0.375,
+    0.0,
+    -0.75,
+    color="orange",
+    lw=1.0,
+    ls="--",
+    head_width=0.03,
+    length_includes_head=True,
+)
+ax[2].text(0.7, 0.0, r"$\theta=0$", color="orange", ha="left", fontsize=16)
+
+ax[2].plot((-0.375, 0.375), (-1.0, -1.0), color="orange", lw=2)
+ax[2].arrow(
+    0.375,
+    -0.94,
+    -0.75,
+    0.0,
+    color="orange",
+    lw=1.0,
+    ls="--",
+    head_width=0.03,
+    length_includes_head=True,
+)
+ax[2].text(0.0, -0.82, r"$\theta=\frac{\pi}{2}$", color="orange", ha="center", fontsize=16)
+
 
 fig.tight_layout()
 fig.show()