diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
index f86522f125ad..44dfe1b1a202 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -2975,7 +2975,11 @@ def _update_title_position(self, renderer):
                         or ax.xaxis.get_label_position() == 'top'):
                     bb = ax.xaxis.get_tightbbox(renderer)
                 if bb is None:
-                    bb = ax.get_window_extent(renderer)
+                    if 'outline' in ax.spines:
+                        # Special case for colorbars:
+                        bb = ax.spines['outline'].get_window_extent()
+                    else:
+                        bb = ax.get_window_extent(renderer)
                 top = max(top, bb.ymax)
                 if title.get_text():
                     ax.yaxis.get_tightbbox(renderer)  # update offsetText
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axis.py b/lib/matplotlib/axis.py
index 8fd0f41e958f..7d1dd51690be 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axis.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axis.py
@@ -2474,8 +2474,13 @@ def _update_offset_text_position(self, bboxes, bboxes2):
         Update the offset_text position based on the sequence of bounding
         boxes of all the ticklabels
         """
-        x, y = self.offsetText.get_position()
-        top = self.axes.bbox.ymax
+        x, _ = self.offsetText.get_position()
+        if 'outline' in self.axes.spines:
+            # Special case for colorbars:
+            bbox = self.axes.spines['outline'].get_window_extent()
+        else:
+            bbox = self.axes.bbox
+        top = bbox.ymax
         self.offsetText.set_position(
             (x, top + self.OFFSETTEXTPAD * self.figure.dpi / 72)
         )
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_colorbar.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_colorbar.py
index 23872b7a7d35..ca540dee90d5 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_colorbar.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_colorbar.py
@@ -979,3 +979,30 @@ def test_colorbar_set_formatter_locator():
     fmt = LogFormatter()
     cb.minorformatter = fmt
     assert cb.ax.yaxis.get_minor_formatter() is fmt
+
+
+def test_offset_text_loc():
+    plt.style.use('mpl20')
+    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+    np.random.seed(seed=19680808)
+    pc = ax.pcolormesh(np.random.randn(10, 10)*1e6)
+    cb = fig.colorbar(pc, location='right', extend='max')
+    fig.draw_without_rendering()
+    # check that the offsetText is in the proper place above the
+    # colorbar axes.  In this case the colorbar axes is the same
+    # height as the parent, so use the parents bbox.
+    assert cb.ax.yaxis.offsetText.get_position()[1] > ax.bbox.y1
+
+
+def test_title_text_loc():
+    plt.style.use('mpl20')
+    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+    np.random.seed(seed=19680808)
+    pc = ax.pcolormesh(np.random.randn(10, 10))
+    cb = fig.colorbar(pc, location='right', extend='max')
+    cb.ax.set_title('Aardvark')
+    fig.draw_without_rendering()
+    # check that the title is in the proper place above the
+    # colorbar axes, including its extend triangles....
+    assert (cb.ax.title.get_window_extent(fig.canvas.get_renderer()).ymax >
+            cb.ax.spines['outline'].get_window_extent().ymax)
diff --git a/tutorials/introductory/quick_start.py b/tutorials/introductory/quick_start.py
index 7c9f986606b7..3481d9dbbcc9 100644
--- a/tutorials/introductory/quick_start.py
+++ b/tutorials/introductory/quick_start.py
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ def my_plotter(ax, data1, data2, param_dict):
 
 pc = axs[1, 1].scatter(data1, data2, c=data3, cmap='RdBu_r')
 fig.colorbar(pc, ax=axs[1, 1], extend='both')
-axs[1, 1].set_title('scatter()');
+axs[1, 1].set_title('scatter()')
 
 ##############################################################################
 # Colormaps