diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eef386c..dca91a7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Allowed values are as follows:
 - `templateContent`: A html string or a function returning the html  (supports [blueimp templates](https://github.com/blueimp/JavaScript-Templates)).  
 - `inject`: `true | 'head' | 'body' | false` Inject all assets into the given `template` or `templateContent` - When passing `true` or `'body'` all javascript resources will be placed at the bottom of the body element. `'head'` will place the scripts in the head element.
 - `favicon`: Adds the given favicon path to the output html.
-- `minify`: `true | {...} | false` Set to true or pass a [html-minifier](https://github.com/kangax/html-minifier#options-quick-reference) options object to minify the output.
+- `minify`: `{...} | false` Pass a [html-minifier](https://github.com/kangax/html-minifier#options-quick-reference) options object to minify the output.
 - `hash`: `true | false` if `true` then append a unique webpack compilation hash to all
   included scripts and css files. This is useful for cache busting.
 - `chunks`: Allows you to add only some chunks (e.g. only the unit-test chunk)
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 59d2834..f014fc8 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -130,9 +130,7 @@ HtmlWebpackPlugin.prototype.emitHtml = function(compilation, htmlTemplateContent
   // Minify the html output
   if (this.options.minify) {
     var minify = require('html-minifier').minify;
-    // If `options.minify` is set to true use the default minify options
-    var minifyOptions = _.isObject(this.options.minify) ? this.options.minify : {};
-    html = minify(html, minifyOptions);
+    html = minify(html, this.options.minify);
   }
 
   compilation.assets[outputFilename] = {