From 9531b8aba3f7c28c9a4eb5e1cc85e5884e65156c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ruth Comer <10599679+rcomer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2023 11:47:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] DOC: correct return type for axline [ci doc]

---
 lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py  | 2 +-
 lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.pyi | 4 ++--
 lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py      | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
index 358b12ca563d..5392a592314c 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ def axline(self, xy1, xy2=None, *, slope=None, **kwargs):
 
         Returns
         -------
-        `.Line2D`
+        `.AxLine`
 
         Other Parameters
         ----------------
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.pyi b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.pyi
index 51e905517f3d..919a22872999 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.pyi
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.pyi
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from matplotlib.contour import ContourSet, QuadContourSet
 from matplotlib.image import AxesImage, PcolorImage
 from matplotlib.legend import Legend
 from matplotlib.legend_handler import HandlerBase
-from matplotlib.lines import Line2D
+from matplotlib.lines import Line2D, AxLine
 from matplotlib.mlab import GaussianKDE
 from matplotlib.patches import Rectangle, FancyArrow, Polygon, StepPatch, Wedge
 from matplotlib.quiver import Quiver, QuiverKey, Barbs
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class Axes(_AxesBase):
         *,
         slope: float | None = ...,
         **kwargs
-    ) -> Line2D: ...
+    ) -> AxLine: ...
     def axhspan(
         self, ymin: float, ymax: float, xmin: float = ..., xmax: float = ..., **kwargs
     ) -> Polygon: ...
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
index 1255818b41b5..9272855d06ec 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 
 # We may not need the following imports here:
 from matplotlib.colors import Normalize
-from matplotlib.lines import Line2D
+from matplotlib.lines import Line2D, AxLine
 from matplotlib.text import Text, Annotation
 from matplotlib.patches import Polygon, Rectangle, Circle, Arrow
 from matplotlib.widgets import Button, Slider, Widget
@@ -2720,7 +2720,7 @@ def axline(
     *,
     slope: float | None = None,
     **kwargs,
-) -> Line2D:
+) -> AxLine:
     return gca().axline(xy1, xy2=xy2, slope=slope, **kwargs)