diff --git a/doc/api/axis_api.rst b/doc/api/axis_api.rst
index 424213445169..0870d38c9439 100644
--- a/doc/api/axis_api.rst
+++ b/doc/api/axis_api.rst
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ Axis Label
    :template: autosummary.rst
    :nosignatures:
 
+   Axis.label
    Axis.set_label_coords
    Axis.set_label_position
    Axis.set_label_text
-   Axis.get_label
    Axis.get_label_position
    Axis.get_label_text
 
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ specify a matching series of labels.  Calling ``set_ticks`` makes a
    :template: autosummary.rst
    :nosignatures:
 
+   Axis.get_label
+   Axis.set_label
    Axis.set_ticks
    Axis.set_ticklabels
 
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axis.py b/lib/matplotlib/axis.py
index 6b37c8be626d..da0ce31c5a6b 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axis.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axis.py
@@ -637,7 +637,8 @@ def __init__(self, axes, *, pickradius=15, clear=True):
             fontsize=mpl.rcParams['axes.labelsize'],
             fontweight=mpl.rcParams['axes.labelweight'],
             color=mpl.rcParams['axes.labelcolor'],
-        )
+        )  #: The `.Text` object of the axis label.
+
         self._set_artist_props(self.label)
         self.offsetText = mtext.Text(np.nan, np.nan)
         self._set_artist_props(self.offsetText)