diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7b86ac60f..22786a79c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ Serialization is done very similar to JSON serialization: all that needs to chan
 ```java
 // Important: create XmlMapper; it will use proper factories, workarounds
 ObjectMapper xmlMapper = new XmlMapper();
-String xml = xmlMapper.writeValue(new Simple());
+String xml = xmlMapper.writeValueAsString(new Simple());
+// or
+xmlMapper.writeValue(new File("/tmp/stuff.json"), new Simple());
 ```
 
 and with POJO like: