@@ -2614,11 +2614,13 @@ def show(self, warn=True):
26142614 may only be shown briefly or not shown at all if you or your
26152615 environment are not managing an event loop.
26162616
2617- Proper use cases for `.Figure.show` include running this from a GUI
2617+ Use cases for `.Figure.show` include running this from a GUI
26182618 application (where there is persistently an event loop running) or
2619- from a shell with an input hook configured (IPython will do this).
2620- Some, but not all, GUI toolkits will register an input hook on
2621- import. See :ref:`cp_integration` for more details.
2619+ from a shell, like IPython, that install an input hook to allow the
2620+ interactive shell to accept input while the figure is also being
2621+ shown and interactive. Some, but not all, GUI toolkits will
2622+ register an input hook on import. See :ref:`cp_integration` for
2623+ more details.
26222624
26232625 If you're in a shell without input hook integration or executing a
26242626 python script, you should use `matplotlib.pyplot.show` with
@@ -2630,6 +2632,7 @@ def show(self, warn=True):
26302632 warn : bool, default: True
26312633 If ``True`` and we are not running headless (i.e. on Linux with an
26322634 unset DISPLAY), issue warning when called on a non-GUI backend.
2635+
26332636 """
26342637if self .canvas .manager is None :
26352638raise AttributeError (