api_changes: add note about LogFormatter linthresh kwarg.

efiring · efiring · commit a8e757546b53 · 2016-12-11T13:21:31.000-10:00
diff --git a/doc/api/api_changes.rst b/doc/api/api_changes.rst
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ the kwarg is None which internally sets it to the 'auto' string,
 triggering a new algorithm for adjusting the maximum according
 to the axis length relative to the ticklabel font size.
 
-`matplotlib.ticker.LogFormatter` gains minor_thresholds kwarg
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+`matplotlib.ticker.LogFormatter`: two new kwargs
+------------------------------------------------
 
 Previously, minor ticks on log-scaled axes were not labeled by
 default.  An algorithm has been added to the
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ticks between integer powers of the base.  The algorithm uses
 two parameters supplied in a kwarg tuple named 'minor_thresholds'.
 See the docstring for further explanation.
 
+To improve support for axes using `~matplotlib.ticker.SymmetricLogLocator`,
+a 'linthresh' kwarg was added.
+
 
 New defaults for 3D quiver function in mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.py
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