diff --git a/examples/geojson.js b/examples/geojson.js
index b4470643a1..9acff760e1 100644
--- a/examples/geojson.js
+++ b/examples/geojson.js
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ var tmpStyle = {
     width: 5
   }
 };
-vectorLayer.on('postrender', function(event) {
+vectorLayer.on('postcompose', function(event) {
   var render = event.getRender();
   render.drawFeature(tmpFeature, tmpStyle);
   var context = event.getContext();
diff --git a/src/ol/render/renderevent.js b/src/ol/render/renderevent.js
index 3aa4eb72a9..f354eaf126 100644
--- a/src/ol/render/renderevent.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/renderevent.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ goog.require('ol.render.IRender');
  * @enum {string}
  */
 ol.render.RenderEventType = {
-  POSTRENDER: 'postrender'
+  POSTCOMPOSE: 'postcompose'
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorlayerrenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorlayerrenderer.js
index 3ad24a1480..2f736b2ab2 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorlayerrenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorlayerrenderer.js
@@ -93,13 +93,13 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.VectorLayer.prototype.composeFrame =
   replayGroup.draw(context, frameState.extent, transform);
 
   var vectorLayer = this.getVectorLayer();
-  if (vectorLayer.hasListener(ol.render.RenderEventType.POSTRENDER)) {
+  if (vectorLayer.hasListener(ol.render.RenderEventType.POSTCOMPOSE)) {
     var render = new ol.render.canvas.Immediate(
         context, frameState.extent, transform);
-    var postRenderEvent = new ol.render.RenderEvent(
-        ol.render.RenderEventType.POSTRENDER, vectorLayer, render, context,
+    var postComposeEvent = new ol.render.RenderEvent(
+        ol.render.RenderEventType.POSTCOMPOSE, vectorLayer, render, context,
         null);
-    vectorLayer.dispatchEvent(postRenderEvent);
+    vectorLayer.dispatchEvent(postComposeEvent);
   }
 
 };