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@@ -428,3 +428,7 @@ future.
 The class `matplotlib.testing.decorators.CleanupTestCase` and the decorator
 `matplotlib.testing.decorators.cleanup` are not used in the code base. We have
 an automatic cleanup via an auto-used fixture instead.
+
+*minor* kwarg to `.Axis.get_ticklocs` will become keyword-only
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Passing this argument positionally is deprecated.
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ def _check_dependencies():
 else:
     autodoc_default_options = {'members': None, 'undoc-members': None}
 
-nitpicky = True
+# missing-references names matches sphinx>=3 behavior, so we can't be nitpicky
+# for older sphinxes.
+nitpicky = sphinx.version_info >= (3,)
 # change this to True to update the allowed failures
 missing_references_write_json = False
 missing_references_warn_unused_ignores = False