diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py
index 07932f6cc62d..889c7ef4f6ed 100644
--- a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py
+++ b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py
@@ -2319,7 +2319,7 @@ def scatter(self, xs, ys, zs=0, zdir='z', s=20, c=None, depthshade=True,
         Keyword arguments are passed on to
         :func:`~matplotlib.axes.Axes.scatter`.
 
-        Returns a :class:`~mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.art3d.Patch3DCollection`
+        Returns a :class:`~mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.art3d.Path3DCollection`
         '''
 
         had_data = self.has_data()
@@ -2339,7 +2339,7 @@ def scatter(self, xs, ys, zs=0, zdir='z', s=20, c=None, depthshade=True,
         if self._zmargin < 0.05 and xs.size > 0:
             self.set_zmargin(0.05)
 
-        #FIXME: why is this necessary?
+        # FIXME: why is this necessary?
         if not is_2d:
             self.auto_scale_xyz(xs, ys, zs, had_data)