Backport PR #12599: Fix formatting of docstring

anntzer · MeeseeksDev[bot] · commit 6363106a5e13 · 2018-10-23T14:50:30.000Z
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -2745,10 +2745,10 @@ def ticklabel_format(self, *, axis='both', style='', scilimits=None,
           *scilimits*      (m, n), pair of integers; if *style*
                            is 'sci', scientific notation will
                            be used for numbers outside the range
-                           10`m`:sup: to 10`n`:sup:.
+                           10\ :sup:`m` to 10\ :sup:`n`.
                            Use (0,0) to include all numbers.
                            Use (m,m) where m <> 0 to fix the order
-                           of magnitude to 10`m`:sup:.
+                           of magnitude to 10\ :sup:`m`.
           *useOffset*      [ bool | offset ]; if True,
                            the offset will be calculated as needed;
                            if False, no offset will be used; if a
