Update MarkerStyle.set_marker and __init__ docs

evanberkowitz · evanberkowitz · commit 514c1181f196 · 2020-09-30T16:43:34.000-04:00
- Mention errorbar in the module docs.
 - Add details of the copy constructor.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/markers.py b/lib/matplotlib/markers.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 r"""
 Functions to handle markers; used by the marker functionality of
-`~matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot` and `~matplotlib.axes.Axes.scatter`.
+`~matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot`, `~matplotlib.axes.Axes.scatter`, and `~matplotlib.axes.Axes.errorbar`.
 
 All possible markers are defined here:
 
@@ -216,9 +216,13 @@ def __init__(self, marker=None, fillstyle=None):
         """
         Parameters
         ----------
-        marker : str or array-like or None, default: None
-            *None* means no marker. For other possible marker values see the
-            module docstring `matplotlib.markers`.
+        marker : str, array-like, Path, MarkerStyle, or None, default: None
+            
+            Another instance of *MarkerStyle* copies the details of that ``marker``.
+            
+            *None* means no marker.
+
+            For other possible marker values see the module docstring `matplotlib.markers`.
 
         fillstyle : str, default: 'full'
             One of 'full', 'left', 'right', 'bottom', 'top', 'none'.
@@ -283,9 +287,13 @@ def set_marker(self, marker):
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        marker : str or array-like or None, default: None
-            *None* means no marker. For other possible marker values see the
-            module docstring `matplotlib.markers`.
+        marker : str, array-like, Path, MarkerStyle, or None, default: None
+            
+            Another instance of *MarkerStyle* copies the details of that ``marker``.
+            
+            *None* means no marker.
+
+            For other possible marker values see the module docstring `matplotlib.markers`.
         """
         if (isinstance(marker, np.ndarray) and marker.ndim == 2 and
                 marker.shape[1] == 2):
