From 4439116246b1f74e6dda7a11d96602c3912c01b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ruth Comer <10599679+rcomer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2024 14:33:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Backport PR #28706: Add Returns info to to_jshtml docstring

---
 lib/matplotlib/animation.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/animation.py b/lib/matplotlib/animation.py
index 5a4764f1a79f..b402c5fdb4da 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/animation.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/animation.py
@@ -1311,6 +1311,12 @@ def to_jshtml(self, fps=None, embed_frames=True, default_mode=None):
             What to do when the animation ends. Must be one of ``{'loop',
             'once', 'reflect'}``. Defaults to ``'loop'`` if the *repeat*
             parameter is True, otherwise ``'once'``.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        str
+            An HTML representation of the animation embedded as a js object as
+            produced with the `.HTMLWriter`.
         """
         if fps is None and hasattr(self, '_interval'):
             # Convert interval in ms to frames per second