DOC: make index_backend_api the matplotlib.backend module target

tacaswell · tacaswell · commit d018c62d7774 · 2022-07-09T12:22:34.000-04:00
diff --git a/doc/api/index_backend_api.rst b/doc/api/index_backend_api.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 ``matplotlib.backends``
 ***********************
 
+.. module:: matplotlib.backends
+
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py b/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     :mod:`matplotlib.ticker`
         Calculation of tick mark locations and formatting of tick labels.
 
-    :doc:`matplotlib.backends </api/index_backend_api>`
+    :mod:`matplotlib.backends`
         A subpackage with modules for various GUI libraries and output formats.
 
 The base matplotlib namespace includes:
