Merge pull request #10214 from tacaswell/doc_fixpy37

anntzer · web-flow · commit fd48f3e2fdd7 · 2018-01-10T10:24:43.000-08:00
DOC: fix '\' markup for sphinx and py37
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -1314,9 +1314,7 @@ def plot(self, *args, **kwargs):
         >>> plot(x, y, color='green', marker='o', linestyle='dashed', \
 linewidth=2, markersize=12)
 
-        When conflicting with *fmt*, the *\*\*kwargs* properties are taking
-        precedence.
-
+        When conflicting with *fmt*, keyword arguments take precedence.
 
         **Plotting labelled data**
 
@@ -1968,7 +1966,7 @@ def step(self, x, y, *args, **kwargs):
                       )
     @docstring.dedent_interpd
     def bar(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        """
+        r"""
         Make a bar plot.
 
         Call signatures::
@@ -2285,7 +2283,7 @@ def bar(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
     @docstring.dedent_interpd
     def barh(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        """
+        r"""
         Make a horizontal bar plot.
 
         Call signatures::
