Merge pull request #15844 from meeseeksmachine/auto-backport-of-pr-15841-on-v3.2.x

dstansby · web-flow · commit 7c6e84f3e6d3 · 2019-12-06T12:37:06.000Z
Backport PR #15841 on branch v3.2.x (DOC: specify the expected shape in the Collection.set_offset)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/collections.py b/lib/matplotlib/collections.py
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ def set_offsets(self, offsets):
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        offsets : float or sequence of floats
+        offsets : array-like (N, 2) or (2,)
         """
         offsets = np.asanyarray(offsets, float)
         if offsets.shape == (2,):  # Broadcast (2,) -> (1, 2) but nothing else.
