Update lib/matplotlib/contour.py

sanrishi · timhoffm · web-flow · commit 5ff02f0dfd57 · 2026-02-02T13:37:16.000+05:30
Co-authored-by: Tim Hoffmann &lt;2836374+timhoffm@users.noreply.github.com&gt;
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/contour.py b/lib/matplotlib/contour.py
@@ -1496,9 +1496,8 @@ def _initialize_x_y(self, z):
     The values must be in increasing order.
 
     If not specified, a reasonable default is automatically chosen. For
-    linear scales, this corresponds to *n=7* (using `~.ticker.MaxNLocator`
-    with *nbins=8*), producing up to 9 "nice" contour boundaries. For
-    logarithmic scales, `~matplotlib.ticker.LogLocator` is used instead.
+    linear scales, this corresponds to *levels=7*. For logarithmic
+    scales, `~matplotlib.ticker.LogLocator` is used instead.
 
 Returns
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