diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c7cc2fd507..d3f541506f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ Icon components accept all props that you can pass to a normal SVG element, incl
 - **size?**: `number | string` – Icon height & width. As with standard React elements, this can be a number, or a string with units in `px`, `%`, `em`, `rem`, `pt`, `cm`, `mm`, `in`.
 - **weight?**: `"thin" | "light" | "regular" | "bold" | "fill" | "duotone"` – Icon weight/style. Can also be used, for example, to "toggle" an icon's state: a rating component could use Stars with `weight="regular"` to denote an empty star, and `weight="fill"` to denote a filled star.
 - **mirrored?**: `boolean` – Flip the icon horizontally. Can be useful in RTL languages where normal icon orientation is not appropriate.
+- **alt?**: `string` – Add accessible alt text to an icon.
 
 ### Context
 
diff --git a/example/App.tsx b/example/App.tsx
index ac2c240f3e..69951066eb 100644
--- a/example/App.tsx
+++ b/example/App.tsx
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ const App = () => {
             color={color}
             style={{ verticalAlign: "middle" }}
             weight="fill"
+            alt="heart symbol"
           />{" "}
           from Bub Tub.
         </p>
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6fdacb09e0..963215ac92 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "phosphor-react",
-  "version": "1.4.0",
+  "version": "1.4.1",
   "description": "A clean and friendly icon family for React",
   "author": "rektdeckard",
   "license": "MIT",