Fixed a typo ane expanded whats_new.rst on stacked histogram

neggert · neggert · commit 242ecacc58c2 · 2012-09-05T08:24:04.000-04:00
diff --git a/doc/users/whats_new.rst b/doc/users/whats_new.rst
@@ -131,11 +131,12 @@ local intensity of the vector field.
 New hist functionality
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-Nic Eggert added a new `stack kwarg to :meth:`~matplotlib.pyplot.hist` that
+Nic Eggert added a new `stacked` kwarg to :meth:`~matplotlib.pyplot.hist` that
 allows creation of stacked histograms using any of the histogram types.
 Previously, this functionality was only available by using the `barstacked`
 histogram type. Now, when `stacked=True` is passed to the function, any of the
-histogram types can be stacked.
+histogram types can be stacked. The `barstacked` histogram type retains its
+previous functionality for backwards compatibility.
 
 Updated shipped dependencies
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