diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
index ee536e0d7e4d..689fabc106af 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -3354,7 +3354,7 @@ def bxp(self, bxpstats, positions=None, widths=None, vert=True,
           - ``q1``: The first quartile (25th percentile) (scalar
             float).
 
-          - ``q3``: The first quartile (50th percentile) (scalar
+          - ``q3``: The third quartile (75th percentile) (scalar
             float).
 
           - ``whislo``: Lower bound of the lower whisker (scalar