diff --git a/Network/HTTP/Client.hs b/Network/HTTP/Client.hs
--- a/Network/HTTP/Client.hs
+++ b/Network/HTTP/Client.hs
@@ -22,12 +22,6 @@
 -- 'newManager' 'defaultManagerSettings'
 -- @
 --
--- or using the 'bracket' pattern with
---
--- @
--- 'withManager' 'defaultManagerSettings'
--- @
---
 -- While generally speaking it is a good idea to share a single @Manager@
 -- throughout your application, there are cases where it makes more sense to
 -- create and destroy @Manager@s more frequently. As an example, if you have an
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     let settings = managerSetProxy
             (proxyEnvironment Nothing)
             defaultManagerSettings
-    withManager settings $ \man -> do
+    man <- newManager settings
     let req = "http://httpbin.org"
             -- Note that the following settings will be completely ignored.
             { proxy = Just $ Proxy "localhost" 1234
diff --git a/http-client.cabal b/http-client.cabal
--- a/http-client.cabal
+++ b/http-client.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                http-client
-version:             0.4.18
+version:             0.4.18.1
 synopsis:            An HTTP client engine, intended as a base layer for more user-friendly packages.
 description:         Hackage documentation generation is not reliable. For up to date documentation, please see: <http://www.stackage.org/package/http-client>.
 homepage:            https://github.com/snoyberg/http-client