change text in legend matplotlib

plt.plot(range(10), label='Some very long label')
plt.plot(range(1,11), label='Short label')
L=plt.legend()
L.get_texts()[0].set_text('make it short')
plt.savefig('temp.png')

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
l = plt.legend()
for text in l.get_texts():
    text.set_color("red")