From f2d025d3161dff54ef1409e62b269fc0c52ef0ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RadostW <51670923+RadostW@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2023 20:29:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Whisker length, more precise description

See issue for discussion.
 https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/25134#issue-1568623320
---
 lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
index 69b625d92913..8117364e9169 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -3722,10 +3722,11 @@ def boxplot(self, x, notch=None, sym=None, vert=None, whis=None,
         """
         Draw a box and whisker plot.
 
-        The box extends from the first quartile (Q1) to the third
-        quartile (Q3) of the data, with a line at the median.  The
-        whiskers extend from the box by 1.5x the inter-quartile range
-        (IQR).  Flier points are those past the end of the whiskers.
+        The box extends from the first quartile (Q1) to the third 
+        quartile (Q3) of the data, with a line at the median. The 
+        whiskers extend from the box to the farthest point within 
+        1.5x the inter-quartile range (IQR) distance. Flier points 
+        are those past the end of the whiskers.
         See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_plot for reference.
 
         .. code-block:: none

From 4beb17bb02792db3e26e583de55b18bf179152bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RadostW <51670923+RadostW@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2023 20:37:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] remove traling whitespace

---
 lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
index 8117364e9169..58bc546f40f2 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -3722,10 +3722,10 @@ def boxplot(self, x, notch=None, sym=None, vert=None, whis=None,
         """
         Draw a box and whisker plot.
 
-        The box extends from the first quartile (Q1) to the third 
-        quartile (Q3) of the data, with a line at the median. The 
-        whiskers extend from the box to the farthest point within 
-        1.5x the inter-quartile range (IQR) distance. Flier points 
+        The box extends from the first quartile (Q1) to the third
+        quartile (Q3) of the data, with a line at the median. The
+        whiskers extend from the box to the farthest point within
+        1.5x the inter-quartile range (IQR) distance. Flier points
         are those past the end of the whiskers.
         See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_plot for reference.
 

From d23698a23191625dd52a5d2d28cc5842c087ec97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RadostW <51670923+RadostW@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2023 10:19:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Update _axes.py

Change to consensus wording

See: https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/25135/files#r1095049218
---
 lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
index 58bc546f40f2..6b5459d2df51 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -3721,12 +3721,12 @@ def boxplot(self, x, notch=None, sym=None, vert=None, whis=None,
                 capwidths=None):
         """
         Draw a box and whisker plot.
-
+        
         The box extends from the first quartile (Q1) to the third
-        quartile (Q3) of the data, with a line at the median. The
-        whiskers extend from the box to the farthest point within
-        1.5x the inter-quartile range (IQR) distance. Flier points
-        are those past the end of the whiskers.
+        quartile (Q3) of the data, with a line at the median.
+        The whiskers extend from the box to the farthest data point
+        lying within 1.5x the inter-quartile range (IQR) from the box.
+        Flier points are those past the end of the whiskers.
         See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_plot for reference.
 
         .. code-block:: none

From 7f95c71c602b5f49c5587498df328bfe880e9ea6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RadostW <51670923+RadostW@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2023 10:20:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Update _axes.py

remove trailing whitespace
---
 lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
index 6b5459d2df51..4268d25d68b4 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -3721,7 +3721,7 @@ def boxplot(self, x, notch=None, sym=None, vert=None, whis=None,
                 capwidths=None):
         """
         Draw a box and whisker plot.
-        
+
         The box extends from the first quartile (Q1) to the third
         quartile (Q3) of the data, with a line at the median.
         The whiskers extend from the box to the farthest data point