From e6d1cc2c01a1ce10af7383c3d2abbc7610fb6220 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Warren Weckesser <warren.weckesser@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2019 21:59:19 -0500
Subject: DOC: lib: Use a clearer example of ddof in the notes of the cov
 docstring.

Use `ddof = 1` instead of 9, and remove a confusing comment.

Closes gh-15010.
---
 numpy/lib/function_base.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'numpy/lib/function_base.py')

diff --git a/numpy/lib/function_base.py b/numpy/lib/function_base.py
index 3ad630a7d..499120630 100644
--- a/numpy/lib/function_base.py
+++ b/numpy/lib/function_base.py
@@ -2305,7 +2305,7 @@ def cov(m, y=None, rowvar=True, bias=False, ddof=None, fweights=None,
         >>> m = np.arange(10, dtype=np.float64)
         >>> f = np.arange(10) * 2
         >>> a = np.arange(10) ** 2.
-        >>> ddof = 9 # N - 1
+        >>> ddof = 1
         >>> w = f * a
         >>> v1 = np.sum(w)
         >>> v2 = np.sum(w * a)
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