diff --git a/docs/guide/reactivity.md b/docs/guide/reactivity.md
index 15f989a5d..93cd11f08 100644
--- a/docs/guide/reactivity.md
+++ b/docs/guide/reactivity.md
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ First a version *without* recompose:
     ```
 
 This displays a clock which updates once a second.
-The code is quite straightforward, but note how we format the time in two places: `compose()` *and* `watch_time()`.
+The code is straightforward, but note how we format the time in two places: `compose()` *and* `watch_time()`.
 We can simplify this by recomposing rather than refreshing:
 
 === "recompose02.py"
diff --git a/src/textual/app.py b/src/textual/app.py
index 6ad708c09..7dc99303f 100644
--- a/src/textual/app.py
+++ b/src/textual/app.py
@@ -2649,7 +2649,7 @@ class App(Generic[ReturnType], DOMNode):
             return self
 
         if self._screen_stack:
-            self.screen.refresh(repaint=repaint and not recompose, layout=layout)
+            self.screen.refresh(repaint=repaint, layout=layout)
         self.check_idle()
         return self