Backport PR #14472: Fix NameError in example code for setting label via method

jklymak · MeeseeksDev[bot] · commit 28c419cd3096 · 2019-06-06T23:22:55.000Z
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -324,8 +324,8 @@ def legend(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
         or::
 
-            line.set_label('Label via method')
             line, = ax.plot([1, 2, 3])
+            line.set_label('Label via method')
             ax.legend()
 
         Specific lines can be excluded from the automatic legend element
