Backport PR #21712: Fixed typo in GridSpec height_ratio description

jklymak · meeseeksmachine · commit ec7a913b103a · 2021-11-22T22:30:18.000Z
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/gridspec.py b/lib/matplotlib/gridspec.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def __init__(self, nrows, ncols, height_ratios=None, width_ratios=None):
             relative width of ``width_ratios[i] / sum(width_ratios)``.
             If not given, all columns will have the same width.
         height_ratios : array-like of length *nrows*, optional
-            Defines the relative heights of the rows. Each column gets a
+            Defines the relative heights of the rows. Each row gets a
             relative height of ``height_ratios[i] / sum(height_ratios)``.
             If not given, all rows will have the same height.
         """
