From 555e73784c31258131ade61b22d2b4abbdd14245 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Antony Lee <anntzer.lee@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:37:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Minor tweaks to image docs.

---
 lib/matplotlib/image.py | 33 +++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/image.py b/lib/matplotlib/image.py
index f73bd3af6acb..53ea452f4c84 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/image.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/image.py
@@ -234,17 +234,18 @@ class _ImageBase(mcolorizer.ColorizingArtist):
     """
     Base class for images.
 
-    interpolation and cmap default to their rc settings
+    *interpolation* and *cmap* default to their rc settings.
 
-    cmap is a colors.Colormap instance
-    norm is a colors.Normalize instance to map luminance to 0-1
+    *cmap* is a `.colors.Colormap` instance.
+    *norm* is a `.colors.Normalize` instance to map luminance to 0-1.
 
-    extent is data axes (left, right, bottom, top) for making image plots
-    registered with data plots.  Default is to label the pixel
-    centers with the zero-based row and column indices.
+    *extent* is a ``(left, right, bottom, top)`` tuple in data coordinates, for
+    making image plots registered with data plots; the default is to label the
+    pixel centers with the zero-based row and column indices.
 
-    Additional kwargs are matplotlib.artist properties
+    Additional kwargs are `.Artist` properties.
     """
+
     zorder = 0
 
     def __init__(self, ax,
@@ -733,11 +734,10 @@ def set_interpolation_stage(self, s):
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        s : {'data', 'rgba', 'auto'} or None
-            Whether to apply up/downsampling interpolation in data or RGBA
-            space.  If None, use :rc:`image.interpolation_stage`.
-            If 'auto' we will check upsampling rate and if less
-            than 3 then use 'rgba', otherwise use 'data'.
+        s : {'data', 'rgba', 'auto'}, default: :rc:`image.interpolation_stage`
+            Whether to apply resampling interpolation in data or RGBA space.
+            If 'auto', 'rgba' is used if the upsampling rate is less than 3,
+            otherwise 'data' is used.
         """
         s = mpl._val_or_rc(s, 'image.interpolation_stage')
         _api.check_in_list(['data', 'rgba', 'auto'], s=s)
@@ -758,8 +758,7 @@ def set_resample(self, v):
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        v : bool or None
-            If None, use :rc:`image.resample`.
+        v : bool, default: :rc:`image.resample`
         """
         v = mpl._val_or_rc(v, 'image.resample')
         self._resample = v
@@ -788,8 +787,10 @@ def get_filternorm(self):
 
     def set_filterrad(self, filterrad):
         """
-        Set the resize filter radius only applicable to some
-        interpolation schemes -- see help for imshow
+        Set the resize filter radius (only applicable to some
+        interpolation schemes).
+
+        See help for `~.Axes.imshow`.
 
         Parameters
         ----------