From df643efae781e134a23d45e20b209768134c184c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "G. D. McBain" <gdmcbain@protonmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:48:19 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Backport PR #29607: Correct doc for axvline arg x which sets
 x not y

---
 lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
index 96946fba1e92..eebbdcaed459 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ def axvline(self, x=0, ymin=0, ymax=1, **kwargs):
         Parameters
         ----------
         x : float, default: 0
-            y position in :ref:`data coordinates <coordinate-systems>`.
+            x position in :ref:`data coordinates <coordinate-systems>`.
 
         ymin : float, default: 0
             The start y-position in :ref:`axes coordinates <coordinate-systems>`.