diff --git a/doc/api/axis_api.rst b/doc/api/axis_api.rst
index 86552c812708..5f8e2a388d87 100644
--- a/doc/api/axis_api.rst
+++ b/doc/api/axis_api.rst
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ YAxis
    YAxis.update_units
    YAxis.zoom
 
-``YAxis``
+XAxis
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 .. autosummary::