Merge pull request matplotlib#18344 from anntzer/names

More nouns/imperative forms in docs.

Author: anntzer

lib/matplotlib/artist.py

@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ def get_sketch_params(self):
 
     def set_sketch_params(self, scale=None, length=None, randomness=None):
         """
-        Sets the sketch parameters.
+        Set the sketch parameters.
 
         Parameters
         ----------

lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py

@@ -3641,14 +3641,13 @@ def boxplot(self, x, notch=None, sym=None, vert=None, whis=None,
             parameters (e.g., *bootstrap*).
 
         positions : array-like, optional
-            Sets the positions of the boxes. The ticks and limits are
+            The positions of the boxes. The ticks and limits are
             automatically set to match the positions. Defaults to
             ``range(1, N+1)`` where N is the number of boxes to be drawn.
 
         widths : float or array-like
-            Sets the width of each box either with a scalar or a
-            sequence. The default is 0.5, or ``0.15*(distance between
-            extreme positions)``, if that is smaller.
+            The widths of the boxes.  The default is 0.5, or ``0.15*(distance
+            between extreme positions)``, if that is smaller.
 
         patch_artist : bool, default: False
             If `False` produces boxes with the Line2D artist. Otherwise,
@@ -3673,7 +3672,7 @@ def boxplot(self, x, notch=None, sym=None, vert=None, whis=None,
             True.  Otherwise, means will be shown as points.
 
         zorder : float, default: ``Line2D.zorder = 2``
-            Sets the zorder of the boxplot.
+            The zorder of the boxplot.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -3887,7 +3886,7 @@ def bxp(self, bxpstats, positions=None, widths=None, vert=True,
             this will be used a tick label for the boxplot
 
         positions : array-like, default: [1, 2, ..., n]
-          Sets the positions of the boxes. The ticks and limits
+          The positions of the boxes. The ticks and limits
           are automatically set to match the positions.
 
         widths : array-like, default: None
@@ -7832,7 +7831,7 @@ def violinplot(self, dataset, positions=None, vert=True, widths=0.5,
           The input data.
 
         positions : array-like, default: [1, 2, ..., n]
-          Sets the positions of the violins. The ticks and limits are
+          The positions of the violins. The ticks and limits are
           automatically set to match the positions.
 
         vert : bool, default: True.
@@ -7951,7 +7950,7 @@ def violin(self, vpstats, positions=None, vert=True, widths=0.5,
             for this violin's dataset.
 
         positions : array-like, default: [1, 2, ..., n]
-          Sets the positions of the violins. The ticks and limits are
+          The positions of the violins. The ticks and limits are
           automatically set to match the positions.
 
         vert : bool, default: True.

lib/matplotlib/axis.py

@@ -1882,7 +1882,7 @@ def zoom(self, direction):
 
     def axis_date(self, tz=None):
         """
-        Sets up axis ticks and labels to treat data along this Axis as dates.
+        Set up axis ticks and labels to treat data along this Axis as dates.
 
         Parameters
         ----------

lib/matplotlib/legend.py

@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def _update_bbox_to_anchor(self, loc_in_canvas):
     default font size. This argument is only used if *prop* is not specified.
 
 labelcolor : str or list
-    Sets the color of the text in the legend. Can be a valid color string
+    The color of the text in the legend. Either a valid color string
     (for example, 'red'), or a list of color strings. The labelcolor can
     also be made to match the color of the line or marker using 'linecolor',
     'markerfacecolor' (or 'mfc'), or 'markeredgecolor' (or 'mec').