diff --git a/examples/statistics/boxplot.py b/examples/statistics/boxplot.py
index 3171e7575ec4..9c5d7dd29186 100644
--- a/examples/statistics/boxplot.py
+++ b/examples/statistics/boxplot.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
 boxprops = dict(linestyle='--', linewidth=3, color='darkgoldenrod')
 flierprops = dict(marker='o', markerfacecolor='green', markersize=12,
-                  linestyle='none')
+                  markeredgecolor='none')
 medianprops = dict(linestyle='-.', linewidth=2.5, color='firebrick')
 meanpointprops = dict(marker='D', markeredgecolor='black',
                       markerfacecolor='firebrick')