Here is part of the XML code from the Gtk3.gir file relating to the caption of the button:

gistfile1.xml

<class name="Button"
           c:symbol-prefix="button"
           c:type="GtkButton"
           parent="Bin"
           glib:type-name="GtkButton"
           glib:get-type="gtk_button_get_type"
           glib:type-struct="ButtonClass">      
      <implements name="Atk.ImplementorIface"/>
      <implements name="Actionable"/>
      <implements name="Activatable"/>
      <implements name="Buildable"/>
      <constructor name="new" c:identifier="gtk_button_new">
        <return-value transfer-ownership="none">
          <type name="Widget" c:type="GtkWidget*"/>
        </return-value>
      </constructor>
      <method name="get_label" c:identifier="gtk_button_get_label">
        <return-value transfer-ownership="none">
          <type name="utf8" c:type="gchar*"/>
        </return-value>
      </method>      <method name="set_label" c:identifier="gtk_button_set_label">
        <return-value transfer-ownership="none">
          <type name="none" c:type="void"/>
        </return-value>
        <parameters>
          <parameter name="label" transfer-ownership="none">
            <type name="utf8" c:type="gchar*"/>
          </parameter>
        </parameters>
      </method>
      <property name="label"                construct="1"
                transfer-ownership="none">
        <type name="utf8"/>
      </property>
 </class>