From 17970899d4bf247b16bd220933459942e4b58609 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "G. D. McBain" <gdmcbain@pm.me>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:53:11 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] x sets x not y; fixes #29606

---
 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 851086ddcdca..43572b9f1dfc 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ def axvline(self, x=0, ymin=0, ymax=1, **kwargs):
         Parameters
         ----------
         x : float, default: 0
-            y position in :ref:`data coordinates <coordinate-systems>`.
+            x position in :ref:`data coordinates <coordinate-systems>`.
 
         ymin : float, default: 0
             The start y-position in :ref:`axes coordinates <coordinate-systems>`.