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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions lib/matplotlib/cbook/__init__.py
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Expand Up @@ -1148,14 +1148,14 @@ def boxplot_stats(X, whis=1.5, bootstrap=None, labels=None,
fewer dimensions.

whis : float, string, or sequence (default = 1.5)
As a float, determines the reach of the whiskers to the beyond the
As a float, determines the reach of the whiskers beyond the
first and third quartiles. In other words, where IQR is the
interquartile range (`Q3-Q1`), the upper whisker will extend to last
datum less than `Q3 + whis*IQR`). Similarly, the lower whisker will
datum less than `Q3 + whis*IQR`. Similarly, the lower whisker will
extend to the first datum greater than `Q1 - whis*IQR`.
Beyond the whiskers, data are considered outliers
and are plotted as individual points. This can be set this to an
ascending sequence of percentile (e.g., [5, 95]) to set the
and are plotted as individual points. This can be set to an
ascending sequence of percentiles (e.g., [5, 95]) to set the
whiskers at specific percentiles of the data. Finally, `whis`
can be the string ``'range'`` to force the whiskers to the
minimum and maximum of the data. In the edge case that the 25th
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