diff --git a/examples/widgets/richtext/textedit/textedit.cpp b/examples/widgets/richtext/textedit/textedit.cpp
index 194e1e3d92..3a1b3321a1 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/richtext/textedit/textedit.cpp
+++ b/examples/widgets/richtext/textedit/textedit.cpp
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ void TextEdit::textItalic()
 void TextEdit::textFamily(const QString &f)
 {
     QTextCharFormat fmt;
-    fmt.setFontFamily(f);
+    fmt.setFontFamilies({f});
     mergeFormatOnWordOrSelection(fmt);
 }