MAINT: Rename histogramdd's normed argument to density, to match histogram

Fixes gh-4371

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/release/1.15.0-notes.rst b/doc/release/1.15.0-notes.rst
index cc193530c..d9c7b8ea4 100644
--- a/doc/release/1.15.0-notes.rst
+++ b/doc/release/1.15.0-notes.rst
@@ -278,6 +278,12 @@ The ``range`` argument of `histogramdd` can now contain ``None`` values to
 indicate that the range for the corresponding axis should be computed from the
 data. Previously, this could not be specified on a per-axis basis.
 
+The normed arguments of ``histogramdd`` and ``histogram2d`` have been renamed
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+These arguments are now called ``density``, which is consistent with
+``histogram``. The old argument continues to work, but the new name should be
+preferred.
+
 ``np.r_`` works with 0d arrays, and ``np.ma.mr_`` works with ``np.ma.masked``
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 0d arrays passed to the `r_` and `mr_` concatenation helpers are now treated as