diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py
index 4202be9a1138..cdc27108b47c 100644
--- a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py
+++ b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py
@@ -2339,7 +2339,8 @@ def scatter(self, xs, ys, zs=0, zdir='z', s=20, c=None, depthshade=True,
             For more details see the *c* argument of `~.axes.Axes.scatter`.
         depthshade : bool, optional, default: True
             Whether to shade the scatter markers to give the appearance of
-            depth.
+            depth. Each call to ``scatter()`` will perform its depthshading
+            independently.
         **kwargs
             All other arguments are passed on to `~.axes.Axes.scatter`.