diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
index 76e605d71b03..6942764080cf 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -2540,27 +2540,21 @@ def in_axes(self, mouseevent):
         return self.patch.contains(mouseevent)[0]
 
     def get_autoscale_on(self):
-        """
-        Get whether autoscaling is applied for both axes on plot commands
-        """
+        """Return True if each axis is autoscaled, False otherwise."""
         return self._autoscaleXon and self._autoscaleYon
 
     def get_autoscalex_on(self):
-        """
-        Get whether autoscaling for the x-axis is applied on plot commands
-        """
+        """Return whether the x-axis is autoscaled."""
         return self._autoscaleXon
 
     def get_autoscaley_on(self):
-        """
-        Get whether autoscaling for the y-axis is applied on plot commands
-        """
+        """Return whether the y-axis is autoscaled."""
         return self._autoscaleYon
 
     def set_autoscale_on(self, b):
         """
-        Set whether autoscaling is applied to axes on the next draw or call to
-        `.Axes.autoscale_view`.
+        Set whether autoscaling is applied to each axis on the next draw or
+        call to `.Axes.autoscale_view`.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
@@ -2571,8 +2565,8 @@ def set_autoscale_on(self, b):
 
     def set_autoscalex_on(self, b):
         """
-        Set whether autoscaling for the x-axis is applied to axes on the next
-        draw or call to `.Axes.autoscale_view`.
+        Set whether the x-axis is autoscaled on the next draw or call to
+        `.Axes.autoscale_view`.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
@@ -2582,8 +2576,8 @@ def set_autoscalex_on(self, b):
 
     def set_autoscaley_on(self, b):
         """
-        Set whether autoscaling for the y-axis is applied to axes on the next
-        draw or call to `.Axes.autoscale_view`.
+        Set whether the y-axis is autoscaled on the next draw or call to
+        `.Axes.autoscale_view`.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py
index d7289c68b658..5ea36f1cd431 100644
--- a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py
+++ b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py
@@ -539,31 +539,22 @@ def update_datalim(self, xys, **kwargs):
         pass
 
     def get_autoscale_on(self):
-        """
-        Get whether autoscaling is applied for all axes on plot commands
-        """
+        # docstring inherited
         return super().get_autoscale_on() and self.get_autoscalez_on()
 
     def get_autoscalez_on(self):
-        """
-        Get whether autoscaling for the z-axis is applied on plot commands
-        """
+        """Return whether the z-axis is autoscaled."""
         return self._autoscaleZon
 
     def set_autoscale_on(self, b):
-        """
-        Set whether autoscaling is applied on plot commands
-
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        b : bool
-        """
+        # docstring inherited
         super().set_autoscale_on(b)
         self.set_autoscalez_on(b)
 
     def set_autoscalez_on(self, b):
         """
-        Set whether autoscaling for the z-axis is applied on plot commands
+        Set whether the z-axis is autoscaled on the next draw or call to
+        `.Axes.autoscale_view`.
 
         Parameters
         ----------