DOC: Modified doctstring of _update_label_position for new functionality

cimarronm · cimarronm · commit 97bbf59ce875 · 2015-02-20T08:57:47.000-08:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axis.py b/lib/matplotlib/axis.py
@@ -1570,7 +1570,8 @@ def set_ticks(self, ticks, minor=False):
     def _update_label_position(self, bboxes, bboxes2):
         """
         Update the label position based on the sequence of bounding
-        boxes of all the ticklabels
+        boxes of all the ticklabels or using the axis spines if no
+        ticklabels are present
         """
         raise NotImplementedError('Derived must override')
 
@@ -1726,7 +1727,8 @@ def set_label_position(self, position):
     def _update_label_position(self, bboxes, bboxes2):
         """
         Update the label position based on the sequence of bounding
-        boxes of all the ticklabels
+        boxes of all the ticklabels or using the axis spines if no
+        ticklabels are present
         """
         if not self._autolabelpos:
             return
@@ -2036,7 +2038,8 @@ def set_label_position(self, position):
     def _update_label_position(self, bboxes, bboxes2):
         """
         Update the label position based on the sequence of bounding
-        boxes of all the ticklabels
+        boxes of all the ticklabels or using the axis spines if no
+        ticklabels are present
         """
         if not self._autolabelpos:
             return
