diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
index 61b41443c66d..415a88b28435 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -6925,7 +6925,7 @@ def hist(self, x, bins=None, range=None, density=False, weights=None,
             `~matplotlib.patches.Patch` properties. The following properties
             additionally accept a sequence of values corresponding to the
             datasets in *x*:
-            *edgecolors*, *facecolors*, *lines*, *linestyles*, *hatches*.
+            *edgecolor*, *facecolor*, *linewidth*, *linestyle*, *hatch*.
 
             .. versionadded:: 3.10
                Allowing sequences of values in above listed Patch properties.