From 5ef3b6ca090b4c7d9eb0a3bbb5450142d39c9daf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bill Evans <Bill@8PawExpress.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 12:06:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Correct doc for print.ggplot, returns 'x' not 'data' (#4390)

---
 NEWS.md             | 3 +++
 R/plot.r            | 4 +---
 man/print.ggplot.Rd | 4 +---
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 9364b75a31..939d829a49 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # ggplot2 (development version)
 
+* Updated documentation for `print.ggplot` to reflect that it returns
+  the original plot, not the result of `ggplot_build()`. (@r2evans, #4390)
+
 * `scale_*_manual()` no longer displays extra legend keys, or changes their 
   order, when a named `values` argument has more items than the data. To display
   all `values` on the legend instead, use
diff --git a/R/plot.r b/R/plot.r
index d1b9a5f5a7..51f10a3187 100644
--- a/R/plot.r
+++ b/R/plot.r
@@ -137,9 +137,7 @@ is.ggplot <- function(x) inherits(x, "ggplot")
 #' @param vp viewport to draw plot in
 #' @param ... other arguments not used by this method
 #' @keywords hplot
-#' @return Invisibly returns the result of [ggplot_build()], which
-#'   is a list with components that contain the plot itself, the data,
-#'   information about the scales, panels etc.
+#' @return Invisibly returns the original plot.
 #' @export
 #' @method print ggplot
 #' @examples
diff --git a/man/print.ggplot.Rd b/man/print.ggplot.Rd
index 68d2df86a9..72a84220b9 100644
--- a/man/print.ggplot.Rd
+++ b/man/print.ggplot.Rd
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@
 \item{...}{other arguments not used by this method}
 }
 \value{
-Invisibly returns the result of \code{\link[=ggplot_build]{ggplot_build()}}, which
-is a list with components that contain the plot itself, the data,
-information about the scales, panels etc.
+Invisibly returns the original plot.
 }
 \description{
 Generally, you do not need to print or plot a ggplot2 plot explicitly: the