import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig = plt.figure() ax = fig.add_subplot(111) t = np.arange(0.0, 5.0, 0.01) s = np.cos(2*np.pi*t) line, = ax.plot(t, s, lw=2) ax.annotate('local max', xy=(2, 1), xytext=(3, 1.5), arrowprops=dict(facecolor='black', shrink=0.05), ) ax.set_ylim(-2,2) plt.show()