Merge pull request #15810 from meeseeksmachine/auto-backport-of-pr-15809-on-v3.2.x

timhoffm · web-flow · commit 926c572d5b81 · 2019-12-02T23:47:15.000+01:00
Backport PR #15809 on branch v3.2.x (Exclude artists from legend using label attributte)
diff --git a/tutorials/intermediate/legend_guide.py b/tutorials/intermediate/legend_guide.py
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
 not all artists can be added to a legend, at which point a "proxy" will have
 to be created (see :ref:`proxy_legend_handles` for further details).
 
+Those artists with an empty string as label or with a label starting with
+"_" will be ignored.
+
 For full control of what is being added to the legend, it is common to pass
 the appropriate handles directly to :func:`legend`::
 
