diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
index 415d5c042241..04fdcbc744c9 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ def axes(
 
         - *None*: A new full window Axes is added using
           ``subplot(**kwargs)``.
-        - 4-tuple of floats *rect* = ``[left, bottom, width, height]``.
+        - 4-tuple of floats *rect* = ``(left, bottom, width, height)``.
           A new Axes is added with dimensions *rect* in normalized
           (0, 1) units using `~.Figure.add_axes` on the current figure.