Address reviewer comment.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/ma/core.py b/numpy/ma/core.py
index 0eca798de..47323fb99 100644
--- a/numpy/ma/core.py
+++ b/numpy/ma/core.py
@@ -2081,12 +2081,14 @@ def masked_equal(x, value, copy=True):
     """
     Mask an array where equal to a given value.
 
+    Return a MaskedArray, masked where the data in array `x` are
+    equal to `value`. The fill_value of the returned MaskedArray
+    is set to `value`.
+
     This function is a shortcut to ``masked_where``, with
     `condition` = (x == value).  For floating point arrays,
     consider using ``masked_values(x, value)``.
 
-    The fill_value is set to `value`.
-
     See Also
     --------
     masked_where : Mask where a condition is met.