Example of multiple data points describing the plateau of a starspot anomaly. Using a 1.75 R_⊕ super-Earth planet transiting a 3200 K, 0.155 R_⊙ M4V dwarf star with i = 90.0° and P = 2 d. The starspot properties are θ = 0°, ϕ = 90°, r_spot = 0.061R_*, and T_spot = 3150 K. The observational wavelength and rms scatter for the simulated data were set at 785 nm and 200 ± 10 ppm, respectively. The solid line represents the noise-free synthetic light curve containing the starspot anomaly, while the filled circles represent the spot-free synthetic light curve (see Sect. 3) with added Gaussian noise.