diff --git a/doc/devel/documenting_mpl.rst b/doc/devel/documenting_mpl.rst
index c1b4d6728519..11bc9bb40586 100644
--- a/doc/devel/documenting_mpl.rst
+++ b/doc/devel/documenting_mpl.rst
@@ -425,8 +425,8 @@ As opposed to the numpydoc guide, parameters need not be marked as
 The optional aspect is already clear from the presence of a default value.
 More specifically
 
-- use `{name} : {type}, default: {val}` when possible.
-- use `{name} : {type}, optional` and describe the default in the text if
+- use ``{name} : {type}, default: {val}`` when possible.
+- use ``{name} : {type}, optional`` and describe the default in the text if
   in cannot be explained sufficiently in the above way.
 
 Use ``float`` for a type that can be any number.
diff --git a/doc/missing-references.json b/doc/missing-references.json
index 1c4913123549..84bc5f40aacc 100644
--- a/doc/missing-references.json
+++ b/doc/missing-references.json
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@
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     ],
     "AxesBase": [
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+      "doc/api/axes_api.rst:451:<autosummary>:1",
       "lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py:docstring of matplotlib.axes.Axes.add_child_axes:2"
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     "Line2D": [
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+      "doc/api/axes_api.rst:420:<autosummary>:1",
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+      "lib/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/inset_locator.py:docstring of mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.inset_locator.zoomed_inset_axes:140"
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     "pyplot.gcf()": [
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-    ],
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-      "lib/matplotlib/figure.py:docstring of matplotlib.figure.Figure.add_axes:107",
-      "lib/matplotlib/figure.py:docstring of matplotlib.figure.Figure.add_subplot:125",
-      "lib/matplotlib/figure.py:docstring of matplotlib.figure.Figure.gca:64",
-      "lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py:docstring of matplotlib.pyplot.axes:120",
-      "lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py:docstring of matplotlib.pyplot.subplot:121",
-      "lib/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/inset_locator.py:docstring of mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.inset_locator.inset_axes:129",
-      "lib/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/inset_locator.py:docstring of mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.inset_locator.zoomed_inset_axes:116",
-      "lib/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/mpl_axes.py:docstring of mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.mpl_axes.Axes:80"
-    ],
     "set_xlim": [
       "lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py:docstring of matplotlib.pyplot.axhspan:4",
       "lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py:docstring of matplotlib.pyplot.errorbar:60"
@@ -4795,7 +4445,7 @@
     ],
     "matplotlib.axes._axes.Axes": [
       "doc/api/artist_api.rst:189",
-      "doc/api/axes_api.rst:685",
+      "doc/api/axes_api.rst:688",
       "lib/matplotlib/projections/polar.py:docstring of matplotlib.projections.polar.PolarAxes:1",
       "lib/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/mpl_axes.py:docstring of mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.mpl_axes.Axes:1",
       "lib/mpl_toolkits/axisartist/axislines.py:docstring of mpl_toolkits.axisartist.axislines.Axes:1",
@@ -4854,7 +4504,7 @@
     ],
     "matplotlib.axes._base._AxesBase": [
       "doc/api/artist_api.rst:189",
-      "doc/api/axes_api.rst:685",
+      "doc/api/axes_api.rst:688",
       "lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py:docstring of matplotlib.axes.Axes:1"
     ],
     "matplotlib.collections._CollectionWithSizes": [
diff --git a/doc/sphinxext/missing_references.py b/doc/sphinxext/missing_references.py
index 7c44afdbaac1..41e92653e97b 100644
--- a/doc/sphinxext/missing_references.py
+++ b/doc/sphinxext/missing_references.py
@@ -97,7 +97,10 @@ def get_location(node, app):
     (path, line) = get_source_line(node)
 
     if path:
-
+        # sometimes the 'path' can contain ':' which are forbidden on
+        # windows, but on posix just passes through.
+        path, *post = path.partition(':')
+        post = ''.join(post)
         # We locate references relative to the parent of the doc
         # directory, which for matplotlib, will be the root of the
         # matplotlib repo. When matplotlib is not an editable install
@@ -122,11 +125,11 @@ def get_location(node, app):
 
     else:
         path = "<unknown>"
-
+        post = ''
     if not line:
         line = ""
 
-    return f"{path}:{line}"
+    return f"{path}{post}:{line}"
 
 
 def _truncate_location(location):
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/artist.py b/lib/matplotlib/artist.py
index 6ce0b5eed413..b86888918f52 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/artist.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/artist.py
@@ -1411,7 +1411,9 @@ def pprint_setters_rest(self, prop=None, leadingspace=4):
 
         attrs = sorted(self._get_setters_and_targets())
 
-        names = [self.aliased_name_rest(prop, target)
+        names = [self.aliased_name_rest(prop, target).replace(
+            '_base._AxesBase', 'Axes').replace(
+            '_axes.Axes', 'Axes')
                  for prop, target in attrs]
         accepts = [self.get_valid_values(prop) for prop, target in attrs]
 

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