Merge pull request #5757 from helderc/patch-1

jaimefrio · jaimefrio · commit 3c5409e4e38e · 2015-04-08T21:13:59.000-07:00
DOC: Docstring of gradient() function
diff --git a/numpy/lib/function_base.py b/numpy/lib/function_base.py
@@ -906,9 +906,9 @@ def gradient(f, *varargs, **kwargs):
 
     Returns
     -------
-    gradient : ndarray
-        N arrays of the same shape as `f` giving the derivative of `f` with
-        respect to each dimension.
+    gradient : list of ndarray
+        Each element of `list` has the same shape as `f` giving the derivative 
+        of `f` with respect to each dimension.
 
     Examples
     --------
