From 1d529de04fa1965ce5e6cd12324ff56d9c1b15f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ruth Comer <10599679+rcomer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 28 May 2023 14:33:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Backport PR #25992: Document that GridSpec.get_subplot_params
 ignores gridspec.figure.

---
 lib/matplotlib/gridspec.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/gridspec.py b/lib/matplotlib/gridspec.py
index d4eecaf4b5a2..ee045ced315e 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/gridspec.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/gridspec.py
@@ -419,6 +419,8 @@ def get_subplot_params(self, figure=None):
         - non-*None* attributes of the GridSpec
         - the provided *figure*
         - :rc:`figure.subplot.*`
+
+        Note that the ``figure`` attribute of the GridSpec is always ignored.
         """
         if figure is None:
             kw = {k: mpl.rcParams["figure.subplot."+k]