diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
index 60e250a88abc..cbd5371d32a0 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
@@ -2668,10 +2668,8 @@ def stem(
 
 # Autogenerated by boilerplate.py.  Do not edit as changes will be lost.
 @docstring.copy_dedent(Axes.step)
-def step(x, y, *args, where='pre', linestyle='', data=None, **kwargs):
-    return gca().step(
-        x=x, y=y, *args, where=where, linestyle=linestyle, data=data,
-        **kwargs)
+def step(x, y, *args, where='pre', data=None, **kwargs):
+    return gca().step(x=x, y=y, *args, where=where, data=data, **kwargs)
 
 # Autogenerated by boilerplate.py.  Do not edit as changes will be lost.
 @_autogen_docstring(Axes.streamplot)
@@ -2815,7 +2813,6 @@ def autumn():
     """
     set_cmap("autumn")
 
-
 # Autogenerated by boilerplate.py.  Do not edit as changes will be lost.
 def bone():
     """
@@ -2826,7 +2823,6 @@ def bone():
     """
     set_cmap("bone")
 
-
 # Autogenerated by boilerplate.py.  Do not edit as changes will be lost.
 def cool():
     """
@@ -2837,7 +2833,6 @@ def cool():
     """
     set_cmap("cool")
 
-
 # Autogenerated by boilerplate.py.  Do not edit as changes will be lost.
 def copper():
     """
@@ -2848,7 +2843,6 @@ def copper():
     """
     set_cmap("copper")
 
-
 # Autogenerated by boilerplate.py.  Do not edit as changes will be lost.
 def flag():
     """
@@ -2859,7 +2853,6 @@ def flag():
     """
     set_cmap("flag")
 
-
 # Autogenerated by boilerplate.py.  Do not edit as changes will be lost.
 def gray():
     """
@@ -2870,7 +2863,6 @@ def gray():
     """
     set_cmap("gray")
 
-
 # Autogenerated by boilerplate.py.  Do not edit as changes will be lost.
 def hot():
     """
@@ -2881,7 +2873,6 @@ def hot():
     """
     set_cmap("hot")
 
-
 # Autogenerated by boilerplate.py.  Do not edit as changes will be lost.
 def hsv():
     """
@@ -2892,7 +2883,6 @@ def hsv():
     """
     set_cmap("hsv")
 
-
 # Autogenerated by boilerplate.py.  Do not edit as changes will be lost.
 def jet():
     """
@@ -2903,7 +2893,6 @@ def jet():
     """
     set_cmap("jet")
 
-
 # Autogenerated by boilerplate.py.  Do not edit as changes will be lost.
 def pink():
     """
@@ -2914,7 +2903,6 @@ def pink():
     """
     set_cmap("pink")
 
-
 # Autogenerated by boilerplate.py.  Do not edit as changes will be lost.
 def prism():
     """
@@ -2925,7 +2913,6 @@ def prism():
     """
     set_cmap("prism")
 
-
 # Autogenerated by boilerplate.py.  Do not edit as changes will be lost.
 def spring():
     """
@@ -2936,7 +2923,6 @@ def spring():
     """
     set_cmap("spring")
 
-
 # Autogenerated by boilerplate.py.  Do not edit as changes will be lost.
 def summer():
     """
@@ -2947,7 +2933,6 @@ def summer():
     """
     set_cmap("summer")
 
-
 # Autogenerated by boilerplate.py.  Do not edit as changes will be lost.
 def winter():
     """
@@ -2958,7 +2943,6 @@ def winter():
     """
     set_cmap("winter")
 
-
 # Autogenerated by boilerplate.py.  Do not edit as changes will be lost.
 def magma():
     """
@@ -2969,7 +2953,6 @@ def magma():
     """
     set_cmap("magma")
 
-
 # Autogenerated by boilerplate.py.  Do not edit as changes will be lost.
 def inferno():
     """
@@ -2980,7 +2963,6 @@ def inferno():
     """
     set_cmap("inferno")
 
-
 # Autogenerated by boilerplate.py.  Do not edit as changes will be lost.
 def plasma():
     """
@@ -2991,7 +2973,6 @@ def plasma():
     """
     set_cmap("plasma")
 
-
 # Autogenerated by boilerplate.py.  Do not edit as changes will be lost.
 def viridis():
     """
@@ -3002,7 +2983,6 @@ def viridis():
     """
     set_cmap("viridis")
 
-
 # Autogenerated by boilerplate.py.  Do not edit as changes will be lost.
 def nipy_spectral():
     """
@@ -3012,5 +2992,4 @@ def nipy_spectral():
     image if there is one. See ``help(colormaps)`` for more information.
     """
     set_cmap("nipy_spectral")
-
 _setup_pyplot_info_docstrings()
diff --git a/tools/boilerplate.py b/tools/boilerplate.py
index 682fe3b2cef4..ed8474664770 100644
--- a/tools/boilerplate.py
+++ b/tools/boilerplate.py
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ def {name}():
     image if there is one. See ``help(colormaps)`` for more information.
     """
     set_cmap("{name}")
-
 '''