diff --git a/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/autowrap.py b/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/autowrap.py
index fa6080b70c5b..cfd583d1d072 100644
--- a/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/autowrap.py
+++ b/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/autowrap.py
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 
 fig = plt.figure()
 plt.axis([0, 10, 0, 10])
-t = "This is a really long string that I'd rather have wrapped so that it"\
-    " doesn't go outside of the figure, but if it's long enough it will go"\
-    " off the top or bottom!"
+t = ("This is a really long string that I'd rather have wrapped so that it "
+     "doesn't go outside of the figure, but if it's long enough it will go "
+     "off the top or bottom!")
 plt.text(4, 1, t, ha='left', rotation=15, wrap=True)
 plt.text(6, 5, t, ha='left', rotation=15, wrap=True)
 plt.text(5, 5, t, ha='right', rotation=-15, wrap=True)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
index 2275361aa17c..a1dbd80e2473 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -352,8 +352,7 @@ def legend(self, *args, **kwargs):
             corner of the legend in axes coordinates (in which case
             ``bbox_to_anchor`` will be ignored).
 
-        bbox_to_anchor : :class:`matplotlib.transforms.BboxBase` instance \
-or tuple of floats
+        bbox_to_anchor : `~.BboxBase` or pair of floats
             Specify any arbitrary location for the legend in `bbox_transform`
             coordinates (default Axes coordinates).
 
@@ -4230,10 +4229,10 @@ def hexbin(self, x, y, C=None, gridsize=100, bins=None,
         linewidths : scalar, optional, default is *None*
             If *None*, defaults to 1.0.
 
-        edgecolors : {'face', 'none', *None*} or mpl color, optional, default\
-            is 'face'
+        edgecolors : {'face', 'none', *None*} or color, optional
 
-            If 'face', draws the edges in the same color as the fill color.
+            If 'face' (the default), draws the edges in the same color as the
+            fill color.
 
             If 'none', no edge is drawn; this can sometimes lead to unsightly
             unpainted pixels between the hexagons.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
index 00cc9ee7aa4a..0f499ec8923f 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -3639,8 +3639,9 @@ def _set_view_from_bbox(self, bbox, direction='in',
                     xzc + xwidth/2./scl, yzc + ywidth/2./scl]
         elif len(bbox) != 4:
             # should be len 3 or 4 but nothing else
-            warnings.warn('Warning in _set_view_from_bbox: bounding box is not a\
-                  tuple of length 3 or 4. Ignoring the view change...')
+            warnings.warn(
+                "Warning in _set_view_from_bbox: bounding box is not a tuple "
+                "of length 3 or 4. Ignoring the view change.")
             return
 
         # Just grab bounding box