diff --git a/doc/api/api_changes_3.3/behaviour.rst b/doc/api/api_changes_3.3/behaviour.rst
index e3b51e61bea1..12493029775a 100644
--- a/doc/api/api_changes_3.3/behaviour.rst
+++ b/doc/api/api_changes_3.3/behaviour.rst
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ deprecation warning.
 `~.Axes.errorbar` now color cycles when only errorbar color is set
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Previously setting the *ecolor* would turn off automatic color cycling for the plot, leading to the 
-the lines and markers defaulting to whatever the first color in the color cycle was in the case of 
-multiple plot calls. 
+Previously setting the *ecolor* would turn off automatic color cycling for the plot, leading to the
+the lines and markers defaulting to whatever the first color in the color cycle was in the case of
+multiple plot calls.
 
 `.rcsetup.validate_color_for_prop_cycle` now always raises TypeError for bytes input
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -156,6 +156,14 @@ support for it will be dropped in a future Matplotlib release.
 Previously, keyword arguments were silently ignored when no positional
 arguments were given.
 
+`.Axis.get_minorticklabels` and `.Axis.get_majorticklabels` now returns plain list
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Previously, `.Axis.get_minorticklabels` and `.Axis.get_majorticklabels` returns
+silent_list. Their return type is now changed to normal list.
+`.get_xminorticklabels`, `.get_yminorticklabels`, `.get_zminorticklabels`,
+`.Axis.get_ticklabels`, `.get_xmajorticklabels`, `.get_ymajorticklabels` and
+`.get_zmajorticklabels` methods will be affected by this change.
+
 Default slider formatter
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 The default method used to format `.Slider` values has been changed to use a
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axis.py b/lib/matplotlib/axis.py
index 4b474ca2a54d..57adf521f6c7 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axis.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axis.py
@@ -1172,14 +1172,14 @@ def get_majorticklabels(self):
         ticks = self.get_major_ticks()
         labels1 = [tick.label1 for tick in ticks if tick.label1.get_visible()]
         labels2 = [tick.label2 for tick in ticks if tick.label2.get_visible()]
-        return cbook.silent_list('Text major ticklabel', labels1 + labels2)
+        return labels1 + labels2
 
     def get_minorticklabels(self):
         """Return this Axis' minor tick labels, as a list of `~.text.Text`."""
         ticks = self.get_minor_ticks()
         labels1 = [tick.label1 for tick in ticks if tick.label1.get_visible()]
         labels2 = [tick.label2 for tick in ticks if tick.label2.get_visible()]
-        return cbook.silent_list('Text minor ticklabel', labels1 + labels2)
+        return labels1 + labels2
 
     def get_ticklabels(self, minor=False, which=None):
         """