fixed typo

jzc · web-flow · commit 83a290d1d673 · 2017-09-12T15:09:54.000-06:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ def set_ylabel(self, ylabel, fontdict=None, labelpad=None, **kwargs):
             y label
 
         labelpad : scalar, optional, default: None
-            spacing in points between the label and the x-axis
+            spacing in points between the label and the y-axis
 
         Other Parameters
         ----------------
