diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
index bb749e1c9e85..de5acba200e5 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -6437,7 +6437,7 @@ def hist(self, x, bins=None, range=None, density=None, weights=None,
             The values of the histogram bins. See *normed* or *density*
             and *weights* for a description of the possible semantics.
             If input *x* is an array, then this is an array of length
-            *nbins*. If input is a sequence arrays
+            *nbins*. If input is a sequence of arrays
             ``[data1, data2,..]``, then this is a list of arrays with
             the values of the histograms for each of the arrays in the
             same order.