Merge pull request #14473 from meeseeksmachine/auto-backport-of-pr-14472-on-v3.1.x

jklymak · web-flow · commit 63a803ab8f76 · 2019-06-06T18:19:30.000-07:00
Backport PR #14472 on branch v3.1.x (Fix NameError in example code for setting label via method)
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
