diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.pyi b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.pyi
index d5a49bec0e54..3a926ecbffa1 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.pyi
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.pyi
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ class _AxesBase(martist.Artist):
     def get_xticks(self, *, minor: bool = ...) -> np.ndarray: ...
     def set_xticks(
         self,
-        ticks: Iterable[float],
+        ticks: ArrayLike,
         labels: Iterable[str] | None = ...,
         *,
         minor: bool = ...,
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ class _AxesBase(martist.Artist):
     def get_yticks(self, *, minor: bool = ...) -> np.ndarray: ...
     def set_yticks(
         self,
-        ticks: Iterable[float],
+        ticks: ArrayLike,
         labels: Iterable[str] | None = ...,
         *,
         minor: bool = ...,
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_secondary_axes.pyi b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_secondary_axes.pyi
index 0e1debef003a..c2ae923f16d6 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_secondary_axes.pyi
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_secondary_axes.pyi
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class SecondaryAxis(_AxesBase):
     ) -> None: ...
     def set_ticks(
         self,
-        ticks: Iterable[float],
+        ticks: ArrayLike,
         labels: Iterable[str] | None = ...,
         *,
         minor: bool = ...,
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axis.py b/lib/matplotlib/axis.py
index eb24ff1fac84..fe066bec21c2 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axis.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axis.py
@@ -2009,10 +2009,12 @@ def set_ticks(self, ticks, labels=None, *, minor=False, **kwargs):
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        ticks : list of floats
-            List of tick locations.  The axis `.Locator` is replaced by a
+        ticks : 1D ArrayLike
+            Array of tick locations.  The axis `.Locator` is replaced by a
             `~.ticker.FixedLocator`.
 
+            The values may be either floats or in axis units.
+
             Some tick formatters will not label arbitrary tick positions;
             e.g. log formatters only label decade ticks by default. In
             such a case you can set a formatter explicitly on the axis
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axis.pyi b/lib/matplotlib/axis.pyi
index 8361b4b3720e..28b0d0507497 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axis.pyi
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axis.pyi
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ class Axis(martist.Artist):
     ) -> list[Text]: ...
     def set_ticks(
         self,
-        ticks: Iterable[float],
+        ticks: ArrayLike,
         labels: Iterable[str] | None = ...,
         *,
         minor: bool = ...,
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/colorbar.py b/lib/matplotlib/colorbar.py
index f3c5eead0540..fb6f1831bb2f 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/colorbar.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/colorbar.py
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ class Colorbar:
     drawedges : bool
         Whether to draw lines at color boundaries.
 
+
     %(_colormap_kw_doc)s
 
     location : None or {'left', 'right', 'top', 'bottom'}
@@ -863,7 +864,7 @@ def set_ticks(self, ticks, *, labels=None, minor=False, **kwargs):
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        ticks : list of floats
+        ticks : 1D array-like
             List of tick locations.
         labels : list of str, optional
             List of tick labels. If not set, the labels show the data value.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
index 27b677195470..71e467e041b3 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
@@ -1893,7 +1893,7 @@ def ylim(*args, **kwargs) -> tuple[float, float]:
 
 
 def xticks(
-    ticks: Sequence[float] | None = None,
+    ticks: ArrayLike | None = None,
     labels: Sequence[str] | None = None,
     *,
     minor: bool = False,
@@ -1963,7 +1963,7 @@ def xticks(
 
 
 def yticks(
-    ticks: Sequence[float] | None = None,
+    ticks: ArrayLike | None = None,
     labels: Sequence[str] | None = None,
     *,
     minor: bool = False,