diff --git a/docs/source/developer_notes/layouts.rst b/docs/source/developer_notes/layouts.rst
index 4aacd38da..daf197c44 100644
--- a/docs/source/developer_notes/layouts.rst
+++ b/docs/source/developer_notes/layouts.rst
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ Layouts
 PlotArea
 --------
 
-This is the main base class within layouts. A ``Figure`` and ``Dock`` are areas within a ``Subplot`` that
-inherit from ``PlotArea``.
+This is the main base class within layouts. A ``Subplot`` and ``Dock`` are areas within a ``Figure``.
+``Subplot`` and ``Dock`` inherit from ``PlotArea``.
 
 ``PlotArea`` has the following key properties that allow it to be a "plot area" that can be used to view graphical objects:
 
@@ -81,4 +81,4 @@ Now that we have understood ``PlotArea`` and ``Subplot`` we need a way for the u
 
 A ``Figure`` contains a grid of subplot and has methods such as ``show()`` to output the figure.
 ``Figure.__init__`` basically does a lot of parsing of user arguments to determine how to create
-the subplots. All subplots within a ``Figure`` share the same canvas and use different viewports to create the subplots.
\ No newline at end of file
+the subplots. All subplots within a ``Figure`` share the same canvas and use different viewports to create the subplots.