diff --git a/examples/notebooks/Creating Models/2-a-pde-model.ipynb b/examples/notebooks/Creating Models/2-a-pde-model.ipynb
index 3f84c4904d..ac441e5c92 100644
--- a/examples/notebooks/Creating Models/2-a-pde-model.ipynb	
+++ b/examples/notebooks/Creating Models/2-a-pde-model.ipynb	
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
     "# boundary conditions\n",
     "lbc = pybamm.Scalar(0)\n",
     "rbc = pybamm.Scalar(2)\n",
-    "model.boundary_conditions = {c: {\"left\": (lbc, \"Dirichlet\"), \"right\": (rbc, \"Neumann\")}}"
+    "model.boundary_conditions = {c: {\"left\": (lbc, \"Neumann\"), \"right\": (rbc, \"Neumann\")}}"
    ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/examples/notebooks/Creating Models/3-negative-particle-problem.ipynb b/examples/notebooks/Creating Models/3-negative-particle-problem.ipynb
index 8c9a2f4cd9..145df5985b 100644
--- a/examples/notebooks/Creating Models/3-negative-particle-problem.ipynb	
+++ b/examples/notebooks/Creating Models/3-negative-particle-problem.ipynb	
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     "# boundary conditions \n",
     "lbc = pybamm.Scalar(0)\n",
     "rbc = -j / F / D\n",
-    "model.boundary_conditions = {c: {\"left\": (lbc, \"Dirichlet\"), \"right\": (rbc, \"Neumann\")}}\n",
+    "model.boundary_conditions = {c: {\"left\": (lbc, \"Neumann\"), \"right\": (rbc, \"Neumann\")}}\n",
     "\n",
     "# initial conditions \n",
     "model.initial_conditions = {c: c0}"
diff --git a/examples/notebooks/Creating Models/4-comparing-full-and-reduced-order-models.ipynb b/examples/notebooks/Creating Models/4-comparing-full-and-reduced-order-models.ipynb
index a69f26b2d1..665adfd8c5 100644
--- a/examples/notebooks/Creating Models/4-comparing-full-and-reduced-order-models.ipynb	
+++ b/examples/notebooks/Creating Models/4-comparing-full-and-reduced-order-models.ipynb	
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
     "# boundary conditions (only required for full model)\n",
     "lbc = pybamm.Scalar(0)\n",
     "rbc = -j / F / D\n",
-    "full_model.boundary_conditions = {c: {\"left\": (lbc, \"Dirichlet\"), \"right\": (rbc, \"Neumann\")}}"
+    "full_model.boundary_conditions = {c: {\"left\": (lbc, \"Neumann\"), \"right\": (rbc, \"Neumann\")}}"
    ]
   },
   {