diff --git a/matplotlibrc.template b/matplotlibrc.template
index f5dce983d9b5..d1e2e8c247cd 100644
--- a/matplotlibrc.template
+++ b/matplotlibrc.template
@@ -399,10 +399,10 @@ backend      : $TEMPLATE_BACKEND
 #ytick.labelsize      : medium # fontsize of the tick labels
 #ytick.direction      : out    # direction: in, out, or inout
 #ytick.minor.visible  : False  # visibility of minor ticks on y-axis
-#xtick.major.left     : True   # draw y axis left major ticks
-#xtick.major.right    : True   # draw y axis right major ticks
-#xtick.minor.left     : True   # draw y axis left minor ticks
-#xtick.minor.right    : True   # draw y axis right minor ticks
+#ytick.major.left     : True   # draw y axis left major ticks
+#ytick.major.right    : True   # draw y axis right major ticks
+#ytick.minor.left     : True   # draw y axis left minor ticks
+#ytick.minor.right    : True   # draw y axis right minor ticks
 
 
 ### GRIDS