Merge pull request #17384 from meeseeksmachine/auto-backport-of-pr-17383-on-v3.2.1-doc

tacaswell · web-flow · commit d35ebd0e02ac · 2020-05-12T00:53:37.000-04:00
Backport PR #17383 on branch v3.2.1-doc (yticks: Fix typos)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
@@ -1500,7 +1500,7 @@ def yticks(ticks=None, labels=None, **kwargs):
     Parameters
     ----------
     ticks : array-like, optional
-        The list of xtick locations.  Passing an empty list removes all xticks.
+        The list of ytick locations.  Passing an empty list removes all yticks.
     labels : array-like, optional
         The labels to place at the given *ticks* locations.  This argument can
         only be passed if *ticks* is passed as well.
