Merge pull request #11988 from user3483203/master

timhoffm · web-flow · commit 22dffeaf4f6d · 2018-08-31T21:42:06.000+02:00
Updated typo in fill_between docstring
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -4966,11 +4966,11 @@ def fill_between(self, x, y1, y2=0, where=None, interpolate=False,
             By default, the nodes of the polygon defining the filled region
             will only be placed at the positions in the *x* array.  Such a
             polygon cannot describe the above semantics close to the
-            intersection.  The x-sections containing the intersecion are
+            intersection.  The x-sections containing the intersection are
             simply clipped.
 
             Setting *interpolate* to *True* will calculate the actual
-            interscection point and extend the filled region up to this point.
+            intersection point and extend the filled region up to this point.
 
         step : {'pre', 'post', 'mid'}, optional
             Define *step* if the filling should be a step function,
