Merge pull request #7100 from juanrg/v2.x

tacaswell · web-flow · commit 14363c3a37f3 · 2016-09-21T22:16:42.000-04:00
Doc: on how to set a custom directory for stylelib/
diff --git a/doc/users/customizing.rst b/doc/users/customizing.rst
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ path or URL to the style sheet. Additionally, if you add your
 your custom style sheet with a call to ``style.use(<style-name>)``. By default
 ``mpl_configdir`` should be ``~/.config/matplotlib``, but you can check where
 yours is with ``matplotlib.get_configdir()``; you may need to create this
-directory. Note that a custom style sheet in ``mpl_configdir/stylelib`` will
+directory. You also can change the directory where matplotlib looks for 
+the stylelib/ folder by setting the MPLCONFIGDIR environment variable, 
+see :ref:`locating-matplotlib-config-dir`. 
+
+Note that a custom style sheet in ``mpl_configdir/stylelib`` will
 override a style sheet defined by matplotlib if the styles have the same name.
 
 For example, you might want to create
