diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/leptonica.py b/src/ocrmypdf/leptonica.py
index e8e9c988..50fdb3b1 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/leptonica.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/leptonica.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class Pix:
     This class treats Pix objects as immutable.  All methods return new
     modified objects.  This allows convenient chaining:
 
-    >>>   Pix.read('filename.jpg').scale((0.5, 0.5)).deskew().show()
+    >>>   Pix.open('filename.jpg').scale((0.5, 0.5)).deskew().show()
 
     """
 
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ def get_leptonica_version():
 
 def deskew(infile, outfile, dpi):
     try:
-        pix_source = Pix.read(infile)
+        pix_source = Pix.open(infile)
     except LeptonicaIOError:
         raise LeptonicaIOError("Failed to open file: %s" % infile)
 
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ def deskew(infile, outfile, dpi):
 def remove_background(infile, outfile, tile_size=(40, 60), gamma=1.0,
                       black_threshold=70, white_threshold=190):
     try:
-        pix = Pix.read(infile)
+        pix = Pix.open(infile)
     except LeptonicaIOError:
         raise LeptonicaIOError("Failed to open file: %s" % infile)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_lept.py b/tests/test_lept.py
index be68ea98..6fd0a486 100644
--- a/tests/test_lept.py
+++ b/tests/test_lept.py
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ import ocrmypdf.leptonica as lept
 def test_colormap_backgroundnorm(resources):
     # Issue #262 - unclear how to reproduce exactly, so just ensure leptonica
     # can handle that case
-    pix = lept.Pix.read(resources / 'baiona-colormapped.png')
+    pix = lept.Pix.open(resources / 'baiona-colormapped.png')
     pix.background_norm()
diff --git a/tests/test_main.py b/tests/test_main.py
index 464d8d2b..e72dc102 100644
--- a/tests/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/test_main.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def test_deskew(spoof_tesseract_noop, resources, outdir):
         log=log,
         pageno=1)
 
-    pix = Pix.read(str(deskewed_png))
+    pix = Pix.open(deskewed_png)
     skew_angle, skew_confidence = pix.find_skew()
 
     print(skew_angle)