diff --git a/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee b/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee
index 95b651e13d3d..8855b6d35f5f 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee
+++ b/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ wrapWebContents = (webContents) ->
     if options.printSelectionOnly
       printingSetting.shouldPrintSelectionOnly = options.printSelectionOnly
     if options.printBackgrounds
-      printingSetting.shouldPrintBackgrounds = options.printBackgrounds
+      printingSetting.shouldPrintBackgrounds = options.printBackground
 
     webContents._printToPDF printingSetting, callback