diff --git a/galleries/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/axline.py b/galleries/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/axline.py
index 11e8c646fe41..21e80b9db844 100644
--- a/galleries/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/axline.py
+++ b/galleries/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/axline.py
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 special data values, e.g. in this example the center and limit values of the
 sigmoid function.
 
-`~.axes.Axes.axline` draws infinite straight lines in arbitrary directions.
+`~.axes.Axes.axline` draws infinite straight lines defined either by two
+points or by a point and a slope.
 
 .. redirect-from:: /gallery/pyplot/axline
 """