From 32658ca477cb0ab1dc3d3e43a185b7a9f96429e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Hoffmann <2836374+timhoffm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 21:42:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Backport PR #11988: Updated typo in fill_between docstring

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 lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
index ed7552418ae7..bb749e1c9e85 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -4969,11 +4969,11 @@ def fill_between(self, x, y1, y2=0, where=None, interpolate=False,
             By default, the nodes of the polygon defining the filled region
             will only be placed at the positions in the *x* array.  Such a
             polygon cannot describe the above semantics close to the
-            intersection.  The x-sections containing the intersecion are
+            intersection.  The x-sections containing the intersection are
             simply clipped.
 
             Setting *interpolate* to *True* will calculate the actual
-            interscection point and extend the filled region up to this point.
+            intersection point and extend the filled region up to this point.
 
         step : {'pre', 'post', 'mid'}, optional
             Define *step* if the filling should be a step function,