diff --git a/examples/widgets/radio_buttons.py b/examples/widgets/radio_buttons.py
index f6d73d8d971c..28e446fc5b80 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/radio_buttons.py
+++ b/examples/widgets/radio_buttons.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def colorfunc(label):
 radio2.on_clicked(colorfunc)
 
 rax = fig.add_axes([0.05, 0.1, 0.15, 0.15], facecolor=axcolor)
-radio3 = RadioButtons(rax, ('-', '--', '-.', 'steps', ':'))
+radio3 = RadioButtons(rax, ('-', '--', '-.', ':'))
 
 
 def stylefunc(label):