diff --git a/examples/test_styling/README.md b/examples/test_styling/README.md
index 22c631a9d0..dbd8e8dd50 100644
--- a/examples/test_styling/README.md
+++ b/examples/test_styling/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     // you can set the system-wide default style properties early on
     // all JKQTPlotter instance created after this, will use these
     // settings as their initial settings
-    JKQTPGetSystemDefaultStyle().userActionColor=QColor("red");
+    JKQTPGetSystemDefaultStyle().userActionFontSize=10;
 
     TestStyling win;
     win.show();
diff --git a/examples/test_styling/test_styling_main.cpp b/examples/test_styling/test_styling_main.cpp
index ce1d1cf4da..ffb1a580f6 100644
--- a/examples/test_styling/test_styling_main.cpp
+++ b/examples/test_styling/test_styling_main.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     // you can set the system-wide default style properties early on
     // all JKQTPlotter instance created after this, will use these
     // settings as their initial settings
-    JKQTPGetSystemDefaultStyle().userActionColor=QColor("red");
+    JKQTPGetSystemDefaultStyle().userActionFontSize=12;
 
     TestStyling win;
     win.show();