Merge pull request #23975 from anntzer/rp

story645 · web-flow · commit a152851669b9 · 2022-09-21T13:22:36.000-04:00
Reword docstring of reset_position.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -1108,8 +1108,9 @@ def reset_position(self):
         """
         Reset the active position to the original position.
 
-        This resets the possible position change due to aspect constraints.
-        For an explanation of the positions see `.set_position`.
+        This undoes changes to the active position (as defined in
+        `.set_position`) which may have been performed to satisfy fixed-aspect
+        constraints.
         """
         for ax in self._twinned_axes.get_siblings(self):
             pos = ax.get_position(original=True)
