Merge pull request #19679 from timhoffm/doc-patch-inheritance

jklymak · web-flow · commit 4afe03b19e38 · 2021-03-16T13:23:42.000-07:00
Add inheritance diagram to patches docs
diff --git a/doc/api/patches_api.rst b/doc/api/patches_api.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 ``matplotlib.patches``
 **********************
 
-.. currentmodule:: matplotlib.patches
+
+.. inheritance-diagram:: matplotlib.patches
+   :parts: 1
 
 .. automodule:: matplotlib.patches
    :no-members:
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/patches.py b/lib/matplotlib/patches.py
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+r"""
+Patches are `.Artist`\s with a face color and an edge color.
+"""
+
 import contextlib
 import functools
 import inspect
