From 9b17ee6112ce408df09f4b51878dbf74a30d555d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Hoffmann <2836374+timhoffm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:04:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Backport PR #32087: DOC: Fixing typo in units documentation
 for pyplot figuresize units

---
 lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
index 97fd1bc6209e..650ed5873203 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
@@ -946,9 +946,9 @@ def figure(
     figsize : (float, float) or (float, float, str), default: :rc:`figure.figsize`
         The figure dimensions. This can be
 
-        - a tuple ``(width, height, unit)``, where *unit* is one of "inch", "cm",
+        - a tuple ``(width, height, unit)``, where *unit* is one of "in", "cm",
           "px".
-        - a tuple ``(x, y)``, which is interpreted as ``(x, y, "inch")``.
+        - a tuple ``(x, y)``, which is interpreted as ``(x, y, "in")``.
 
         One of *width* or *height* may be ``None``; the respective value is taken
         from :rc:`figure.figsize`.