From 22031ab9a906c65d4ab109ac301b06ce36c33626 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Larson <larson.eric.d@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 14:40:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] DOC: Provide alternative to cbar.patch

---
 lib/matplotlib/colorbar.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/colorbar.py b/lib/matplotlib/colorbar.py
index 2e0aa0ad3c93..c1d270884a22 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/colorbar.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/colorbar.py
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ def __init__(self, ax, mappable=None, *, cmap=None,
             self.add_lines(mappable)
 
     # Also remove ._patch after deprecation elapses.
-    patch = _api.deprecate_privatize_attribute("3.5")
+    patch = _api.deprecate_privatize_attribute("3.5", alternative="ax")
 
     def update_normal(self, mappable):
         """