fix ticker docstring bug

jdh2358 · jdh2358 · commit 32493833a157 · 2010-03-15T20:33:40.000Z
svn path=/branches/v0_99_maint/; revision=8193
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/ticker.py b/lib/matplotlib/ticker.py
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ def set_powerlimits(self, lims):
         '''
         Sets size thresholds for scientific notation.
 
-        e.g. ``xaxis.set_powerlimits((-3, 4))`` sets the pre-2007 default in
+        e.g. ``formatter.set_powerlimits((-3, 4))`` sets the pre-2007 default in
         which scientific notation is used for numbers less than
         1e-3 or greater than 1e4.
         See also :meth:`set_scientific`.
