diff --git a/pandas/plotting/_core.py b/pandas/plotting/_core.py
index c9d1e5a376bfd..763244c5bdf0e 100644
--- a/pandas/plotting/_core.py
+++ b/pandas/plotting/_core.py
@@ -1397,7 +1397,7 @@ def hist(
 
         Returns
         -------
-        class:`matplotlib.Axes`
+        :class:`matplotlib.axes.Axes`
             Return a histogram plot.
 
         See Also