Merge pull request #6653 from madphysicist/patch-4

tacaswell · web-flow · commit 824fe40ca160 · 2016-06-27T21:57:34.000-04:00
DOC: Incorrect rendering of dashes
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/lines.py b/lib/matplotlib/lines.py
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ def set_linestyle(self, ls):
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        ls : { '-',  '--', '-.', ':'} and more see description
+        ls : { ``'-'``,  ``'--'``, ``'-.'``, ``':'``} and more see description
             The line style.
         """
         if not is_string_like(ls):
