diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/dates.py b/lib/matplotlib/dates.py
index dbd44d32c89b..0ca6a43b5e4a 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/dates.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/dates.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
Matplotlib provides sophisticated date plotting capabilities, standing on the
shoulders of python :mod:`datetime` and the add-on module :mod:`dateutil`.
-
.. _date-format:
Matplotlib date format
@@ -62,8 +61,7 @@
Date tickers
------------
-Most of the date tickers can locate single or multiple values. For
-example::
+Most of the date tickers can locate single or multiple values. For example::
# import constants for the days of the week
from matplotlib.dates import MO, TU, WE, TH, FR, SA, SU
@@ -87,23 +85,23 @@
The available date tickers are:
-* `MicrosecondLocator`: locate microseconds
+* `MicrosecondLocator`: Locate microseconds.
-* `SecondLocator`: locate seconds
+* `SecondLocator`: Locate seconds.
-* `MinuteLocator`: locate minutes
+* `MinuteLocator`: Locate minutes.
-* `HourLocator`: locate hours
+* `HourLocator`: Locate hours.
-* `DayLocator`: locate specified days of the month
+* `DayLocator`: Locate specified days of the month.
-* `WeekdayLocator`: Locate days of the week, e.g., MO, TU
+* `WeekdayLocator`: Locate days of the week, e.g., MO, TU.
-* `MonthLocator`: locate months, e.g., 7 for july
+* `MonthLocator`: Locate months, e.g., 7 for July.
-* `YearLocator`: locate years that are multiples of base
+* `YearLocator`: Locate years that are multiples of base.
-* `RRuleLocator`: locate using a `matplotlib.dates.rrulewrapper`.
+* `RRuleLocator`: Locate using a `matplotlib.dates.rrulewrapper`.
`.rrulewrapper` is a simple wrapper around dateutil_'s `dateutil.rrule` which
allow almost arbitrary date tick specifications. See :doc:`rrule example
`.
@@ -208,7 +206,7 @@ def _to_ordinalf(dt):
"""
Convert :mod:`datetime` or :mod:`date` to the Gregorian date as UTC float
days, preserving hours, minutes, seconds and microseconds. Return value
- is a :func:`float`.
+ is a `float`.
"""
# Convert to UTC
tzi = getattr(dt, 'tzinfo', None)
@@ -1093,10 +1091,7 @@ def tick_values(self, vmin, vmax):
return self.raise_if_exceeds(date2num(dates))
def _get_unit(self):
- """
- Return how many days a unit of the locator is; used for
- intelligent autoscaling.
- """
+ # docstring inherited
freq = self.rule._rrule._freq
return self.get_unit_generic(freq)
@@ -1679,16 +1674,11 @@ def tick_values(self, vmin, vmax):
return ticks
def _get_unit(self):
- """
- Return how many days a unit of the locator is; used for
- intelligent autoscaling.
- """
+ # docstring inherited
return 1. / MUSECONDS_PER_DAY
def _get_interval(self):
- """
- Return the number of units for each tick.
- """
+ # docstring inherited
return self._interval
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