Merge pull request #17889 from DangoMelon/minor_naming_docstring_fixes

dstansby · web-flow · commit 2f5ef82507ae · 2020-07-12T14:59:38.000+01:00
Minor doc fixes
diff --git a/examples/axes_grid1/inset_locator_demo.py b/examples/axes_grid1/inset_locator_demo.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 
 ###############################################################################
-# The arguments *bbox_to_anchor* and *bbox_transfrom* can be used for a more
+# The parameters *bbox_to_anchor* and *bbox_transform* can be used for a more
 # fine grained control over the inset position and size or even to position
 # the inset at completely arbitrary positions.
 # The *bbox_to_anchor* sets the bounding box in coordinates according to the
diff --git a/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/fill.py b/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/fill.py
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ def koch_snowflake(order, scale=10):
     """
     Return two lists x, y of point coordinates of the Koch snowflake.
 
-    Arguments
-    ---------
+    Parameters
+    ----------
     order : int
         The recursion depth.
     scale : float
diff --git a/examples/mplot3d/voxels_torus.py b/examples/mplot3d/voxels_torus.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 3D voxel / volumetric plot with cylindrical coordinates
 =======================================================
 
-Demonstrates using the *x*, *y*, *z* arguments of `.Axes3D.voxels`.
+Demonstrates using the *x*, *y*, *z* parameters of `.Axes3D.voxels`.
 """
 
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/_constrained_layout.py b/lib/matplotlib/_constrained_layout.py
@@ -77,17 +77,16 @@ def do_constrained_layout(fig, renderer, h_pad, w_pad,
     Parameters
     ----------
     fig : Figure
-      is the ``figure`` instance to do the layout in.
+        ``Figure`` instance to do the layout in.
 
     renderer : Renderer
-      the renderer to use.
+        Renderer to use.
 
-     h_pad, w_pad : float
-       are in figure-normalized units, and are a padding around the axes
-       elements.
+    h_pad, w_pad : float
+        Padding around the axes elements in figure-normalized units.
 
-     hspace, wspace : float
-        are in fractions of the subplot sizes.
+    hspace, wspace : float
+        Spacing in fractions of the subplot sizes.
 
     """
 
