From fa0aa4bf087c2409e64b75c130680636eaeea2d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Will Schlitzer <schlitzer90@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2022 09:33:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add docstring for "data"

---
 pygmt/src/fitcircle.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pygmt/src/fitcircle.py b/pygmt/src/fitcircle.py
index d347e966b3a..4d24359e873 100644
--- a/pygmt/src/fitcircle.py
+++ b/pygmt/src/fitcircle.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """
-fitcircle - Find mean position and great [or small] circle fit to points on sphere.
+fitcircle - Find mean position and great [or small] circle fit to points on
+sphere.
 """
 import warnings
 
@@ -54,6 +55,9 @@ def fitcircle(data, output_type="pandas", outfile=None, **kwargs):
 
     Parameters
     ----------
+    data : str or list or {table-like}
+        Pass in either a file name to an ASCII data table, a Python list, a 2D
+        {table-classes} containing longitude and latitude values.
     output_type : str
         Determine the format the xyz data will be returned in [Default is
         ``pandas``]: