diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
index cbc28421a94f..2bedc1e724e7 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -3525,7 +3525,7 @@ def get_yminorticklabels(self):
 
     def get_yticklabels(self, minor=False, which=None):
         """
-        Get the x tick labels as a list of :class:`~matplotlib.text.Text`
+        Get the y tick labels as a list of :class:`~matplotlib.text.Text`
         instances.
 
         Parameters