diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/tripcolor_demo.py b/examples/pylab_examples/tripcolor_demo.py
index bb8757617143..0817c63c53b1 100644
--- a/examples/pylab_examples/tripcolor_demo.py
+++ b/examples/pylab_examples/tripcolor_demo.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 plt.figure()
 plt.gca().set_aspect('equal')
 plt.tripcolor(x, y, triangles, z, shading='flat', edgecolors='k', 
-              cmap=cm.summer)
+              cmap='summer')
 plt.colorbar()
 plt.title('tripcolor of user-specified triangulation')
 plt.xlabel('Longitude (degrees)')