diff --git a/ggplot/scales/scale_y_date.py b/ggplot/scales/scale_y_date.py
index 1244467d..4dbdc33c 100644
--- a/ggplot/scales/scale_y_date.py
+++ b/ggplot/scales/scale_y_date.py
@@ -20,30 +20,30 @@ class scale_y_date(scale):
     Examples
     --------
     >>> # 1) manually pass in breaks=date_breaks()
-    >>> print(ggplot(meat, aes('date','beef')) + \\
+    >>> print(ggplot(meat, aes('beef','date')) + \\
     ...       geom_line() + \\
-    ...       scale_x_date(breaks=date_breaks('10 years'),
+    ...       scale_y_date(breaks=date_breaks('10 years'),
     ...           labels=date_format('%B %-d, %Y')))
     >>> # 2) or breaks as just a string
-    >>> print(ggplot(meat, aes('date','beef')) + \\
+    >>> print(ggplot(meat, aes('beef','date')) + \\
     ...       geom_line() + \\
-    ...       scale_x_date(breaks='10 years',
+    ...       scale_y_date(breaks='10 years',
     ...           labels=date_format('%B %-d, %Y')))
     """
     VALID_SCALES = ['name', 'labels', 'limits', 'breaks', 'trans']
     def __radd__(self, gg):
+        gg = deepcopy(gg)
+        if self.name:
+            gg.ylab = self.name.title()
+        if not (self.labels is None):
+            if isinstance(self.labels, six.string_types):
+                self.labels = date_format(self.labels)
+            gg.ytick_formatter = self.labels
+        if not (self.limits is None):
+            gg.ylimits = self.limits
+        if not (self.breaks is None):
+            if isinstance(self.breaks, six.string_types):
+                self.breaks = date_breaks(self.breaks)
+            gg.ymajor_locator = self.breaks
         return gg
-        # gg = deepcopy(gg)
-        # if self.name:
-        #     gg.xlab = self.name.title()
-        # if not (self.labels is None):
-        #     if isinstance(self.labels, six.string_types):
-        #         self.labels = date_format(self.labels)
-        #     gg.xtick_formatter = self.labels
-        # if not (self.limits is None):
-        #     gg.xlimits = self.limits
-        # if not (self.breaks is None):
-        #     if isinstance(self.breaks, six.string_types):
-        #         self.breaks = date_breaks(self.breaks)
-        #     gg.xmajor_locator = self.breaks
-        # return gg
+