DOC: tweak wording around variable naming

tacaswell · tacaswell · commit 0d80b8220607 · 2021-08-28T13:01:47.000-04:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/animation.py b/lib/matplotlib/animation.py
@@ -889,8 +889,10 @@ def __del__(self):
             warnings.warn(
                 'Animation was deleted without rendering anything. This is '
                 'most likely not intended. To prevent deletion, assign the '
-                'Animation to a variable `anim` that exists until you have '
-                'outputted the Animation using `plt.show()` or `anim.save()`.')
+                'Animation to a variable, e.g. `anim`, that exists until you '
+                'have outputted the Animation using `plt.show()` or '
+                '`anim.save()`.'
+            )
 
     def _start(self, *args):
         """
