diff --git a/docs/examples/iv-modeling/plot_singlediode.py b/docs/examples/iv-modeling/plot_singlediode.py
index c92d5e999e..e9085b3341 100644
--- a/docs/examples/iv-modeling/plot_singlediode.py
+++ b/docs/examples/iv-modeling/plot_singlediode.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 for i, case in conditions.iterrows():
     label = (
         "$G_{eff}$ " + f"{case['Geff']} $W/m^2$\n"
-        "$T_{cell}$ " + f"{case['Tcell']} $C$"
+        "$T_{cell}$ " + f"{case['Tcell']} $\\degree C$"
     )
     plt.plot(curve_info['v'][i], curve_info['i'][i], label=label)
     v_mp = curve_info['v_mp'][i]
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.9.1.rst b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.9.1.rst
index f7566e691a..8cdd5b4642 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.9.1.rst
+++ b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.9.1.rst
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ Documentation
 * Fix some typos (:pull:`1414`)
 * Clarify the descriptions of ``delta_t`` in several solar position functions
   (:pull:`1429`)
+* Changed $C$ to $\\degree C$ in the plot_singlediode.py file (:pull:`1434`)
 
 Requirements
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -85,3 +86,4 @@ Contributors
 * Jack Kelly (:ghuser:`JackKelly`)
 * Somasree Majumder(:ghuser:`soma2000-lang`)
 * Naman Priyadarshi (:ghuser:`Naman-Priyadarshi`)
+* Shashwata Roy (:ghuser: `RoyCoding8`)