Merge pull request #11400 from gsmecher/gsmecher/fix-axvspan-docstring

phobson · web-flow · commit b8415569f43d · 2018-06-08T11:48:40.000-07:00
Correct docstring for axvspan()
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ def axvspan(self, xmin, xmax, ymin=0, ymax=1, **kwargs):
         spans the yrange, regardless of the ylim settings, even if you
         change them, e.g., with the :meth:`set_ylim` command.  That is,
         the vertical extent is in axes coords: 0=bottom, 0.5=middle,
-        1.0=top but the y location is in data coordinates.
+        1.0=top but the x location is in data coordinates.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
