From f66988e77d1548d9992eab7bbf78c6560dfc6182 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Hoffmann <2836374+timhoffm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2022 23:38:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify note in get_cmap()

---
 lib/matplotlib/cm.py | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/cm.py b/lib/matplotlib/cm.py
index 1f44c2f1b805..e1ebf7c42136 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/cm.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/cm.py
@@ -265,9 +265,9 @@ def get_cmap(name=None, lut=None):
 
     Notes
     -----
-    Currently, this returns the global colormap object, which is deprecated.
-    In Matplotlib 3.5, you will no longer be able to modify the global
-    colormaps in-place.
+    Currently, this returns the global colormap object. This is undesired
+    because users could accidentally modify the global colormap.
+    From Matplotlib 3.6 on, this will return a copy instead.
 
     Parameters
     ----------