diff --git a/helix-term/src/ui/editor.rs b/helix-term/src/ui/editor.rs
index 90c18fd6d..e7ffa5633 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/ui/editor.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/ui/editor.rs
@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ impl EditorView {
             ],
             [Left] vec![
                 Span::styled(":theme", theme.get("markup.raw")),
-                Span::styled("<tab>", theme.get("comment")),
-                "         choose a theme".into(),
+                "              choose a theme".into(),
             ],
             [Left] vec![
                 Span::styled("<space>e", theme.get("markup.raw")),