Merge pull request matplotlib#3230 from tacaswell/offset_doc_round2

DOC : added note about useoffset rcparam

Author: mdboom

doc/faq/howto_faq.rst

@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ How to prevent ticklabels from having an offset
 -----------------------------------------------
 The default formatter will use an offset to reduce
 the length of the ticklabels.  To turn this feature
-off::
+off on a per-axis basis::
    ax.get_xaxis().get_major_formatter().set_useOffset(False)
 
-or use a different formatter.  See :mod:`~matplotlib.ticker`
-for details.
+set the rcParam ``axes.formatter.useoffset``, or use a different
+formatter.  See :mod:`~matplotlib.ticker` for details.
 
 .. _howto-transparent:
 

lib/matplotlib/ticker.py

@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 
    ax.get_xaxis().get_major_formatter().set_useOffset(False)
 
-or set a different formatter.
+set the rcParam ``axes.formatter.useoffset=False`` to turn it off
+globally, or set a different formatter.
 
 Tick locating
 -------------
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@
     intelligent ticking during navigation
 
 :class:`MaxNLocator`
-    finds up to a max number of ticks at nice  locations
+    finds up to a max number of ticks at nice locations
 
 :class:`AutoLocator`
     :class:`MaxNLocator` with simple defaults. This is the default