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@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ New Features
   iso8601-parser (:pull:`9885`).
   By `Kai Mühlbauer <https://github.com/kmuehlbauer>`_.
 
-- Added new plot method `lines` which allows creating line plots efficiently in
-  a similiar manner to `scatter`. (:pull:`7173`)
+- Added new plot method :py:meth:`DataArray.plot.lines` which allows creating line plots efficiently in
+  a similiar manner to :py:meth:`DataArray.plot.scatter`, also available for datasets. (:pull:`7173`)
   By `Jimmy Westling <https://github.com/illviljan>`_.
 
 Breaking changes