Merge pull request #18671 from jklymak/doc-clearer-autoscale

timhoffm · web-flow · commit 7ce2f67ae0e8 · 2020-10-11T08:44:25.000+02:00
DOC: fix autoscale docstring
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -2302,7 +2302,8 @@ def get_autoscaley_on(self):
 
     def set_autoscale_on(self, b):
         """
-        Set whether autoscaling is applied on plot commands
+        Set whether autoscaling is applied to axes on the next draw or call to
+        `.Axes.autoscale_view`.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
@@ -2313,7 +2314,8 @@ def set_autoscale_on(self, b):
 
     def set_autoscalex_on(self, b):
         """
-        Set whether autoscaling for the x-axis is applied on plot commands
+        Set whether autoscaling for the x-axis is applied to axes on the next
+        draw or call to `.Axes.autoscale_view`.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
@@ -2323,7 +2325,8 @@ def set_autoscalex_on(self, b):
 
     def set_autoscaley_on(self, b):
         """
-        Set whether autoscaling for the y-axis is applied on plot commands
+        Set whether autoscaling for the y-axis is applied to axes on the next
+        draw or call to `.Axes.autoscale_view`.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
