diff --git a/doc/jsoncpp.dox b/doc/jsoncpp.dox
index 639c909..47efc8a 100644
--- a/doc/jsoncpp.dox
+++ b/doc/jsoncpp.dox
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ features without losing binary-compatibility.
 \code
 // For convenience, use `writeString()` with a specialized builder.
 Json::StreamWriterBuilder wbuilder;
-wbuilder.settings_["indentation"] = "\t";  // simple Json::Value
+wbuilder["indentation"] = "\t";
 std::string document = Json::writeString(wbuilder, root);
 
 // Here, using a specialized Builder, we discard comments and
 // record errors as we parse.
 Json::CharReaderBuilder rbuilder;
-rbuilder.settings_["collectComments"] = false;  // simple Json::Value
+rbuilder["collectComments"] = false;
 std::string errs;
 bool ok = Json::parseFromStream(rbuilder, std::cin, &root, &errs);
 \endcode
diff --git a/include/json/writer.h b/include/json/writer.h
index 4c7a8bd..ed21c9b 100644
--- a/include/json/writer.h
+++ b/include/json/writer.h
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ Usage:
   using namespace Json;
   Value value = ...;
   StreamWriterBuilder builder;
-  builder.settings_["commentStyle"] = "None";
-  builder.settings_["indentation"] = "   ";  // or whatever you like
+  builder["commentStyle"] = "None";
+  builder["indentation"] = "   ";  // or whatever you like
   std::unique_ptr<Json::StreamWriter> writer(
       builder.newStreamWriter());
   writer->write(value, &std::cout);