diff --git a/IPython/html/widgets/widget_link.py b/IPython/html/widgets/widget_link.py
index 95970a3..d38c116 100644
--- a/IPython/html/widgets/widget_link.py
+++ b/IPython/html/widgets/widget_link.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 """Link and DirectionalLink classes.
 
-Represents a button in the frontend using a widget.  Allows user to listen for
-click events on the button and trigger backend code when the clicks are fired.
+Propagate changes between widgets on the javascript side
 """
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright (c) 2013, the IPython Development Team.
+# Copyright (c) 2014, the IPython Development Team.
 #
 # Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 #
@@ -31,6 +30,10 @@ class Link(Widget):
         kwargs['widgets'] = widgets
         super(Link, self).__init__(**kwargs)
 
+    # for compatibility with traitlet links
+    def unlink(self):
+        self.close()
+
 
 def link(*args):
     return Link(widgets=args)
@@ -49,6 +52,10 @@ class DirectionalLink(Widget):
         kwargs['targets'] = targets
         super(DirectionalLink, self).__init__(**kwargs)
 
+    # for compatibility with traitlet links
+    def unlink(self):
+        self.close()
+
 
 def dlink(source, *targets):
     return DirectionalLink(source, targets)
diff --git a/examples/Interactive Widgets/Widget Events.ipynb b/examples/Interactive Widgets/Widget Events.ipynb
index 61df679..75cd86d 100644
--- a/examples/Interactive Widgets/Widget Events.ipynb
+++ b/examples/Interactive Widgets/Widget Events.ipynb
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "Function `widgets.link` returns a `Link` widget. The link can be broken by calling the `close` method."
+    "Function `widgets.link` returns a `Link` widget. The link can be broken by calling the `unlink` method."
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
    },
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "# l.close()"
+    "# l.unlink()"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -361,15 +361,22 @@
    ]
   ],
   "kernelspec": {
-   "codemirror_mode": {
-    "name": "python",
-    "version": 2
-   },
    "display_name": "Python 2",
-   "language": "python",
    "name": "python2"
   },
-  "signature": "sha256:05a3e92089b37f68e3134587ffef6ef73830e5f8b3c515ba24640d7c803820c3"
+  "language_info": {
+   "codemirror_mode": {
+    "name": "ipython",
+    "version": 2
+   },
+   "file_extension": ".py",
+   "mimetype": "text/x-python",
+   "name": "python",
+   "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
+   "pygments_lexer": "ipython2",
+   "version": "2.7.8"
+  },
+  "signature": "sha256:b6eadc174d0d9c1907518d9f37760eb3dca3aec0ef1f3746e6f0537a36e99919"
  },
  "nbformat": 4,
  "nbformat_minor": 0