diff --git a/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee b/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee
index 06615e31608f..1bb82dec1a66 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee
+++ b/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ wrapWebContents = (webContents) ->
       printingSetting.marginsType = options.marginsType
     if options.printSelectionOnly
       printingSetting.shouldPrintSelectionOnly = options.printSelectionOnly
-    if options.printBackgrounds
+    if options.printBackground
       printingSetting.shouldPrintBackgrounds = options.printBackground
 
     if options.pageSize and PDFPageSize[options.pageSize]