Merge pull request matplotlib#2526 from thenovices/fix-typo

Minor doc fixes

Author: pelson

lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py

@@ -334,24 +334,24 @@ def figure(num=None,  # autoincrement if None, else integer from 1-N
     ----------
 
     num : integer or string, optional, default: none
-        If not provided, a new figure will be created, and a the figure number
-        will be increamted. The figure objects holds this number in a `number`
+        If not provided, a new figure will be created, and the figure number
+        will be incremented. The figure objects holds this number in a `number`
         attribute.
         If num is provided, and a figure with this id already exists, make
         it active, and returns a reference to it. If this figure does not
         exists, create it and returns it.
         If num is a string, the window title will be set to this figure's
         `num`.
 
-    figsize : tuple of integers, optional, default : None
+    figsize : tuple of integers, optional, default: None
         width, height in inches. If not provided, defaults to rc
         figure.figsize.
 
-    dpi : integer, optional, default ; None
+    dpi : integer, optional, default: None
         resolution of the figure. If not provided, defaults to rc figure.dpi.
 
     facecolor :
-        the background color; If not provided, defaults to rc figure.facecolor
+        the background color. If not provided, defaults to rc figure.facecolor
 
     edgecolor :
         the border color. If not provided, defaults to rc figure.edgecolor