diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
index f9c3c25bbff5..8220f15fbf74 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -3534,7 +3534,7 @@ def get_xbound(self):
         --------
         set_xbound
         get_xlim, set_xlim
-        invert_xaxis, xaxis_inverted
+        .invert_xaxis, .xaxis_inverted
         """
         left, right = self.get_xlim()
         if left < right:
@@ -3561,7 +3561,7 @@ def set_xbound(self, lower=None, upper=None):
         --------
         get_xbound
         get_xlim, set_xlim
-        invert_xaxis, xaxis_inverted
+        .invert_xaxis, .xaxis_inverted
         """
         if upper is None and np.iterable(lower):
             lower, upper = lower
@@ -3787,7 +3787,7 @@ def get_ybound(self):
         --------
         set_ybound
         get_ylim, set_ylim
-        invert_yaxis, yaxis_inverted
+        .invert_yaxis, .yaxis_inverted
         """
         bottom, top = self.get_ylim()
         if bottom < top:
@@ -3814,7 +3814,7 @@ def set_ybound(self, lower=None, upper=None):
         --------
         get_ybound
         get_ylim, set_ylim
-        invert_yaxis, yaxis_inverted
+        .invert_yaxis, .yaxis_inverted
         """
         if upper is None and np.iterable(lower):
             lower, upper = lower
diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py
index c519bc656533..087bc067846a 100644
--- a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py
+++ b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ def set_xlim(self, left=None, right=None, *, emit=True, auto=False,
         --------
         get_xlim
         set_xbound, get_xbound
-        invert_xaxis, xaxis_inverted
+        .invert_xaxis, .xaxis_inverted
 
         Notes
         -----
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ def set_ylim(self, bottom=None, top=None, *, emit=True, auto=False,
         --------
         get_ylim
         set_ybound, get_ybound
-        invert_yaxis, yaxis_inverted
+        .invert_yaxis, .yaxis_inverted
 
         Notes
         -----