Merge pull request matplotlib#2308 from dmcdougall/v1.2.x

Make pyplot.bar color kwarg less ambiguous

Author: NelleV

lib/matplotlib/axes.py

@@ -4709,7 +4709,7 @@ def bar(self, left, height, width=0.8, bottom=None, **kwargs):
           *width*           the widths of the bars
           *bottom*          the y coordinates of the bottom edges of
                             the bars
-          *color*           the colors of the bars
+          *color*           the colors of the bar faces
           *edgecolor*       the colors of the bar edges
           *linewidth*       width of bar edges; None means use default
                             linewidth; 0 means don't draw edges.