diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/colorbar.py b/lib/matplotlib/colorbar.py
index 8cf8c0e6c1eb..c8f49c0ad92d 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/colorbar.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/colorbar.py
@@ -1364,7 +1364,7 @@ def make_axes(parents, location=None, orientation=None, fraction=0.15,
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    parents : `~.axes.Axes` or list of `~.axes.Axes`
+    parents : `~.axes.Axes` or list or `numpy.ndarray` of `~.axes.Axes`
         The Axes to use as parents for placing the colorbar.
     %(_make_axes_kw_doc)s
 
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/figure.py b/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
index 447f508194a1..4aebc1696543 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
@@ -1197,7 +1197,7 @@ def colorbar(
         cax : `~matplotlib.axes.Axes`, optional
             Axes into which the colorbar will be drawn.
 
-        ax : `~matplotlib.axes.Axes`, list of Axes, optional
+        ax : `~.axes.Axes` or list or `numpy.ndarray` of Axes, optional
             One or more parent axes from which space for a new colorbar axes
             will be stolen, if *cax* is None.  This has no effect if *cax* is
             set.