diff --git a/source/rst/heavy_tails.rst b/source/rst/heavy_tails.rst
index 01dee999..d5e68e8d 100644
--- a/source/rst/heavy_tails.rst
+++ b/source/rst/heavy_tails.rst
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ Let's start with some imports:
 
     from scipy.stats import cauchy
 
+The following two lines can be added to avoid an annoying FutureWarning, and prevent a specific compatibility issue between pandas and matplotlib from causing problems down the line:
+
+.. code-block:: ipython
+    
+    from pandas.plotting import register_matplotlib_converters
+    register_matplotlib_converters()
 
 
 Visual Comparisons
diff --git a/source/rst/kesten_processes.rst b/source/rst/kesten_processes.rst
index 4093ed6d..8d5ed01c 100644
--- a/source/rst/kesten_processes.rst
+++ b/source/rst/kesten_processes.rst
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ Let's start with some imports:
     import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
     %matplotlib inline
 
+The following two lines can be added to avoid an annoying FutureWarning, and prevent a specific compatibility issue between pandas and matplotlib from causing problems down the line:
+
+.. code-block:: ipython
+    
+    from pandas.plotting import register_matplotlib_converters
+    register_matplotlib_converters()
+
 
 Kesten Processes
 =================