Fix pyplot.figlegend docstring

ksunden · ksunden · commit 1466fd7f22e5 · 2022-11-14T12:06:20.000-06:00
Closes #24433
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/figure.py b/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ def clf(self, keep_observers=False):
         return self.clear(keep_observers=keep_observers)
 
     # Note: in the docstring below, the newlines in the examples after the
-    # calls to legend() allow replacing it with figlegend() to generate the
+    # calls to fig.legend() allow replacing it with figlegend() to generate the
     # docstring of pyplot.figlegend.
     @_docstring.dedent_interpd
     def legend(self, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -989,10 +989,10 @@ def legend(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
         Call signatures::
 
-            legend()
-            legend(handles, labels)
-            legend(handles=handles)
-            legend(labels)
+            fig.legend()
+            fig.legend(handles, labels)
+            fig.legend(handles=handles)
+            fig.legend(labels)
 
         The call signatures correspond to the following different ways to use
         this method:
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
@@ -980,7 +980,9 @@ def savefig(*args, **kwargs):
 def figlegend(*args, **kwargs):
     return gcf().legend(*args, **kwargs)
 if Figure.legend.__doc__:
-    figlegend.__doc__ = Figure.legend.__doc__.replace("legend(", "figlegend(")
+    figlegend.__doc__ = Figure.legend.__doc__.replace(
+        "fig.legend(", "figlegend("
+    )
 
 
 ## Axes ##
