diff --git a/examples/inverse/plot_psf_ctf_vertices_lcmv.py b/examples/inverse/plot_psf_ctf_vertices_lcmv.py
index 4703f0a42ca..6f4cfb6ebff 100644
--- a/examples/inverse/plot_psf_ctf_vertices_lcmv.py
+++ b/examples/inverse/plot_psf_ctf_vertices_lcmv.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 brain_post.add_text(0.1, 0.9, 'LCMV beamformer with post-stimulus\ndata '
                     'covariance matrix', 'title', font_size=16)
 
-# Mark true source location for CTFs
+# mark true source location for CTFs
 brain_pre.add_foci(verttrue, coords_as_verts=True, scale_factor=1., hemi='lh',
                    color='green')
 
diff --git a/examples/visualization/plot_publication_figure.py b/examples/visualization/plot_publication_figure.py
index ef1aa91669e..cc15400b3c0 100644
--- a/examples/visualization/plot_publication_figure.py
+++ b/examples/visualization/plot_publication_figure.py
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
 evoked.plot()
 
 stc.plot(views='lat', hemi='split', size=(800, 400), subject='sample',
-         subjects_dir=subjects_dir, initial_time=max_t)
+         subjects_dir=subjects_dir, initial_time=max_t,
+         time_viewer=False, show_traces=False)
 
 ###############################################################################
 # To make a publication-ready figure, first we'll re-plot the brain on a white
@@ -55,10 +56,11 @@
 colormap = 'viridis'
 clim = dict(kind='value', lims=[4, 8, 12])
 
-# Plot the STC, get the brain image, crop it
+# Plot the STC, get the brain image, crop it:
 brain = stc.plot(views='lat', hemi='split', size=(800, 400), subject='sample',
-                 subjects_dir=subjects_dir, initial_time=max_t,
-                 background='w', colorbar=False, clim=clim, colormap=colormap)
+                 subjects_dir=subjects_dir, initial_time=max_t, background='w',
+                 colorbar=False, clim=clim, colormap=colormap,
+                 time_viewer=False, show_traces=False)
 screenshot = brain.screenshot()
 brain.close()
 
diff --git a/mne/viz/_brain/_brain.py b/mne/viz/_brain/_brain.py
index 0c68832296c..03db2331d45 100644
--- a/mne/viz/_brain/_brain.py
+++ b/mne/viz/_brain/_brain.py
@@ -200,7 +200,11 @@ def __init__(self, subject_id, hemi, surf, title=None,
 
         if figure is not None and not isinstance(figure, int):
             backend._check_3d_figure(figure)
-        self._renderer = _get_renderer(name=subject_id, size=fig_size,
+        if title is None:
+            self._title = subject_id
+        else:
+            self._title = title
+        self._renderer = _get_renderer(name=self._title, size=fig_size,
                                        bgcolor=background,
                                        shape=(n_row, n_col),
                                        fig=figure)
@@ -238,10 +242,6 @@ def __init__(self, subject_id, hemi, surf, title=None,
                     self._renderer.set_camera(azimuth=views_dict[v].azim,
                                               elevation=views_dict[v].elev)
 
-        if self._title is not None:
-            backend._set_3d_title(figure=self._renderer.scene(),
-                                  title=self._title)
-
         # Force rendering
         self._renderer.show()
 
diff --git a/tutorials/source-modeling/plot_mne_dspm_source_localization.py b/tutorials/source-modeling/plot_mne_dspm_source_localization.py
index 1250460c380..8ac54f79bcf 100644
--- a/tutorials/source-modeling/plot_mne_dspm_source_localization.py
+++ b/tutorials/source-modeling/plot_mne_dspm_source_localization.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 evoked.plot_topomap(times=np.linspace(0.05, 0.15, 5), ch_type='mag',
                     time_unit='s')
 
-# Show whitening
+# Show whitening:
 evoked.plot_white(noise_cov, time_unit='s')
 
 del epochs, raw  # to save memory