locale formatting: minor docstring and comment cleanups

efiring · efiring · commit 656ca9d38300 · 2011-08-19T12:00:59.000-10:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes.py
@@ -2109,7 +2109,7 @@ def ticklabel_format(self, **kwargs):
                          used.
           *axis*         [ 'x' | 'y' | 'both' ]
           *useLocale*    If True, format the number according to
-                         the current locale.  The affects things
+                         the current locale.  This affects things
                          such as the character used for the
                          decimal separator.  If False, use
                          C-style (English) formatting.  The
diff --git a/matplotlibrc.template b/matplotlibrc.template
@@ -212,10 +212,13 @@ backend      : %(backend)s
 #axes.formatter.limits : -7, 7 # use scientific notation if log10
                                # of the axis range is smaller than the
                                # first or larger than the second
-#axes.formatter.use_locale : False # When True, format tick labels according to the user's locale.
-                                   # For example, use ',' as a decimal separator in the fr_FR locale.
+#axes.formatter.use_locale : False # When True, format tick labels
+                                   # according to the user's locale.
+                                   # For example, use ',' as a decimal
+                                   # separator in the fr_FR locale.
 #axes.unicode_minus  : True    # use unicode for the minus symbol
-                               # rather than hypen.  See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plus_sign#Plus_sign
+                               # rather than hypen.  See
+                               # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plus_sign
 #axes.color_cycle    : b, g, r, c, m, y, k  # color cycle for plot lines
                                             # as list of string colorspecs:
                                             # single letter, long name, or
