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Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 04:30:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Initial plan


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Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update _parse_level_norm docstring Returns section to
 reflect possible return types

Co-authored-by: cvanelteren <19485143+cvanelteren@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 ultraplot/axes/plot.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ultraplot/axes/plot.py b/ultraplot/axes/plot.py
index be24a8af4..9e7317397 100644
--- a/ultraplot/axes/plot.py
+++ b/ultraplot/axes/plot.py
@@ -4759,8 +4759,10 @@ def _parse_level_norm(
 
         Returns
         -------
-        norm : `~ultraplot.colors.DiscreteNorm`
-            The discrete normalizer.
+        norm : `~ultraplot.colors.DiscreteNorm` or `~matplotlib.colors.Normalize`
+            The discrete normalizer, or the original continuous normalizer when
+            ``min_levels=1`` (e.g. line contours) and the input norm is not a
+            `~matplotlib.colors.BoundaryNorm`.
         cmap : `~matplotlib.colors.Colormap`
             The possibly-modified colormap.
         kwargs