diff --git a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/ScaleDetails.cpp b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/ScaleDetails.cpp
index 8bdcfec1fa9164358d4f14bf99a4cca2982c6632..9b17fd828f93e0199b0779fbf55d8f528fabf99c 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/ScaleDetails.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/ScaleDetails.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ ScaleDetails::ScaleDetails(ApplicationWindow* app, Graph* graph, int mappedaxis,
   m_cmbScaleType = new QComboBox();
   m_cmbScaleType->addItem(tr("linear"));
   m_cmbScaleType->addItem(tr("logarithmic"));
-  m_cmbScaleType->addItem(tr("power (X^n)"));
+  m_cmbScaleType->addItem(tr("power"));
   middleLayout->addWidget(m_lblScaleTypeLabel, 2, 0);
   middleLayout->addWidget(m_cmbScaleType, 2, 1);