diff --git a/docs/api-composite.md b/docs/api-composite.md
index 03c65485..121d98de 100644
--- a/docs/api-composite.md
+++ b/docs/api-composite.md
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ If the overlay image contains an alpha channel then composition with premultipli
 sharp('input.png')
   .rotate(180)
   .resize(300)
-  .flatten()
-  .background('#ff6600')
+  .flatten( { background: '#ff6600' } )
   .overlayWith('overlay.png', { gravity: sharp.gravity.southeast } )
   .sharpen()
   .withMetadata()
diff --git a/lib/composite.js b/lib/composite.js
index 82e0e78d..11114673 100644
--- a/lib/composite.js
+++ b/lib/composite.js
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ const is = require('./is');
  * sharp('input.png')
  *   .rotate(180)
  *   .resize(300)
- *   .flatten()
- *   .background('#ff6600')
+ *   .flatten( { background: '#ff6600' } )
  *   .overlayWith('overlay.png', { gravity: sharp.gravity.southeast } )
  *   .sharpen()
  *   .withMetadata()