Update lib/matplotlib/sphinxext/plot_directive.py

billbrod · timhoffm · web-flow · commit b67b208bb491 · 2026-04-10T12:05:58.000-04:00
Co-authored-by: Tim Hoffmann &lt;2836374+timhoffm@users.noreply.github.com&gt;
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/sphinxext/plot_directive.py b/lib/matplotlib/sphinxext/plot_directive.py
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@
     error will be raised.
 
 plot_exclude_patterns
-    List of non-recursive glob-style patterns to check against to selectively
-    skip plot directives. If any pattern matches the relative path of the file
-    containing the plot directive, then that plot directive will be skipped.
+    List of non-recursive glob-style patterns for selectively skipping plot
+    directives. If any pattern matches the relative path of a documentation
+    file, then plot directives in that file will be skipped.
     Matches are computed using :external+python:meth:`pathlib.PurePath.match`.
 
 Notes on how it works
