Backport PR #26521: Replaced list with tuple in pyplot for axes

timhoffm · meeseeksmachine · commit 6513895e7c26 · 2023-08-30T20:15:21.000Z
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ def axes(
 
         - *None*: A new full window Axes is added using
           ``subplot(**kwargs)``.
-        - 4-tuple of floats *rect* = ``[left, bottom, width, height]``.
+        - 4-tuple of floats *rect* = ``(left, bottom, width, height)``.
           A new Axes is added with dimensions *rect* in normalized
           (0, 1) units using `~.Figure.add_axes` on the current figure.
 
