How to Change Axis Labels on a Seaborn Plot (With Examples) There are two ways to change the axis labels on a seaborn plot. The first way is to use the ax.set() function, which uses the following syntax: ax. set (xlabel=' x-axis label ', ylabel=' y-axis label ') The second way is to use matplotlib functions, which use the following syntax: plt. xlabel (' x-axis label ') plt. ylabel (' y-axis label ')