Modified docstring of the set_ylabel and set_xlabel methods

matplotlib · Feb 28, 2019 · af10a6b · af10a6b
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diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ def set_xlabel(self, xlabel, fontdict=None, labelpad=None, **kwargs):
             The label text.
 
         labelpad : scalar, optional, default: None
-            Spacing in points between the label and the x-axis.
+            Spacing in points from the axes bounding box including ticks and tick labels.
 
         Other Parameters
         ----------------
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ def set_ylabel(self, ylabel, fontdict=None, labelpad=None, **kwargs):
             The label text.
 
         labelpad : scalar, optional, default: None
-            Spacing in points between the label and the y-axis.
+            Spacing in points from the axes bounding box including ticks and tick labels.
 
         Other Parameters
         ----------------