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@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Plots
 
 - The default size of the elements in a scatter plot is now based on
   the rcParam ``lines.markersize`` so it is consistent with ``plot(X,
-  Y, 'o')``.  The old value was 20.
+  Y, 'o')``.  The old value was 20, and the new value is 36 (6^2).
 
 Plot layout
 ```````````
 
@@ -3739,8 +3739,8 @@ def scatter(self, x, y, s=None, c=None, marker='o', cmap=None, norm=None,
         x, y : array_like, shape (n, )
             Input data
 
-        s : scalar or array_like, shape (n, ), optional, default: 20
-            size in points^2.
+        s : scalar or array_like, shape (n, ), optional
+            size in points^2.  Default is `rcParams['lines.markersize'] ** 2`.
 
         c : color, sequence, or sequence of color, optional, default: 'b'
             `c` can be a single color format string, or a sequence of color