diff --git a/doc/api/collections_api.rst b/doc/api/collections_api.rst
index 19608e81a2e8..f2d9cb5226b2 100644
--- a/doc/api/collections_api.rst
+++ b/doc/api/collections_api.rst
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@
 
 .. autoclass:: _MeshData
    :no-members:
+   :members: set_array
    :class-doc-from: class
diff --git a/doc/missing-references.json b/doc/missing-references.json
index a4bcf34b016a..efe676afbb85 100644
--- a/doc/missing-references.json
+++ b/doc/missing-references.json
@@ -17,20 +17,6 @@
       "lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_tkagg.py:docstring of matplotlib.backends.backend_tkagg.FigureCanvasTkAgg:1",
       "lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_tkcairo.py:docstring of matplotlib.backends.backend_tkcairo.FigureCanvasTkCairo:1"
     ],
-    "matplotlib.collections._CollectionWithSizes": [
-      "doc/api/artist_api.rst:202",
-      "doc/api/collections_api.rst:13",
-      "lib/matplotlib/collections.py:docstring of matplotlib.collections.CircleCollection:1",
-      "lib/matplotlib/collections.py:docstring of matplotlib.collections.PathCollection:1",
-      "lib/matplotlib/collections.py:docstring of matplotlib.collections.PolyCollection:1",
-      "lib/matplotlib/collections.py:docstring of matplotlib.collections.RegularPolyCollection:1"
-    ],
-    "matplotlib.collections._MeshData": [
-      "doc/api/artist_api.rst:202",
-      "doc/api/collections_api.rst:13",
-      "lib/matplotlib/collections.py:docstring of matplotlib.collections.PolyQuadMesh:1",
-      "lib/matplotlib/collections.py:docstring of matplotlib.collections.QuadMesh:1"
-    ],
     "matplotlib.image._ImageBase": [
       "doc/api/artist_api.rst:202",
       "lib/matplotlib/image.py:docstring of matplotlib.image.AxesImage:1",
@@ -142,14 +128,6 @@
       "<unknown>:1"
     ]
   },
-  "py:meth": {
-    "matplotlib.collections._MeshData.set_array": [
-      "lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py:docstring of matplotlib.axes._axes.Axes.pcolormesh:168",
-      "lib/matplotlib/collections.py:docstring of matplotlib.artist.PolyQuadMesh.set:17",
-      "lib/matplotlib/collections.py:docstring of matplotlib.artist.QuadMesh.set:17",
-      "lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py:docstring of matplotlib.pyplot.pcolormesh:168"
-    ]
-  },
   "py:obj": {
     "Image": [
       "lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py:docstring of matplotlib.pyplot.gci:4"