Merge pull request #21787 from cgevans/gridspec-typo-fix

jklymak · web-flow · commit 54cf7bc44ade · 2021-11-29T00:03:44.000-08:00
Fixes row/column mixup in GridSpec height_ratios documentation.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/gridspec.py b/lib/matplotlib/gridspec.py
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ def __init__(self, nrows, ncols, figure=None,
             If not given, all columns will have the same width.
 
         height_ratios : array-like of length *nrows*, optional
-            Defines the relative heights of the rows. Each column gets a
+            Defines the relative heights of the rows. Each row gets a
             relative height of ``height_ratios[i] / sum(height_ratios)``.
             If not given, all rows will have the same height.
 
