Merge pull request #23979 from meeseeksmachine/auto-backport-of-pr-23975-on-v3.6.x

timhoffm · web-flow · commit 1a24758547ce · 2022-09-21T21:40:06.000+02:00
Backport PR #23975 on branch v3.6.x (Reword docstring of reset_position.)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -1108,8 +1108,9 @@ def reset_position(self):
         """
         Reset the active position to the original position.
 
-        This resets the possible position change due to aspect constraints.
-        For an explanation of the positions see `.set_position`.
+        This undoes changes to the active position (as defined in
+        `.set_position`) which may have been performed to satisfy fixed-aspect
+        constraints.
         """
         for ax in self._twinned_axes.get_siblings(self):
             pos = ax.get_position(original=True)
