diff --git a/examples/svm/plot_separating_hyperplane.py b/examples/svm/plot_separating_hyperplane.py
index 05833eece9ec5efbe1cd46efc952fbe2af097d2e..10b5a188fc913f6c87d9b1843f69fcba9a18de96 100644
--- a/examples/svm/plot_separating_hyperplane.py
+++ b/examples/svm/plot_separating_hyperplane.py
@@ -40,8 +40,10 @@ pl.set_cmap(pl.cm.Paired)
 pl.plot(xx, yy, 'k-')
 pl.plot(xx, yy_down, 'k--')
 pl.plot(xx, yy_up, 'k--')
+
+pl.scatter(clf.support_vectors_[:,0], clf.support_vectors_[:,1], 
+           s=80, facecolors='none')
 pl.scatter(X[:,0], X[:,1], c=Y)
-pl.scatter(clf.support_vectors_[:,0], clf.support_vectors_[:,1], c='white')
 
 pl.axis('tight')
 pl.show()