diff --git a/doc/users/next_whats_new/tick_labelfont_param.rst b/doc/users/next_whats_new/tick_labelfont_param.rst
index aa99e97a1295..b7d9877f542c 100644
--- a/doc/users/next_whats_new/tick_labelfont_param.rst
+++ b/doc/users/next_whats_new/tick_labelfont_param.rst
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ label font separately from the rest of the text objects:
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-    Axis.tick_params(labelfont='monospace')
+    Axis.tick_params(labelfontfamily*='monospace')