From 558eb60618e3c6f990886a2c754cfbca6cd7ebfe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Hoffmann <2836374+timhoffm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 08:46:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Backport PR #21332: Fix default value for `shading`
 in`pyplot.pcolormesh` docstring

---
 lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
index dcaadb8be33a..f9cbf8e276ad 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -5629,9 +5629,8 @@ def pcolor(self, *args, shading=None, alpha=None, norm=None, cmap=None,
             expanded as needed into the appropriate 2D arrays, making a
             rectangular grid.
 
-        shading : {'flat', 'nearest', 'auto'}, optional
-            The fill style for the quadrilateral; defaults to 'flat' or
-            :rc:`pcolor.shading`. Possible values:
+        shading : {'flat', 'nearest', 'auto'}, default: :rc:`pcolor.shading`
+            The fill style for the quadrilateral. Possible values:
 
             - 'flat': A solid color is used for each quad. The color of the
               quad (i, j), (i+1, j), (i, j+1), (i+1, j+1) is given by