diff --git a/carapace.go b/carapace.go
index 12a360930..2a65b3613 100644
--- a/carapace.go
+++ b/carapace.go
@@ -32,17 +32,12 @@ type Carapace struct {
 
 // Gen initialized Carapace for given command
 func Gen(cmd *cobra.Command) *Carapace {
+	addCompletionCommand(cmd)
 	return &Carapace{
 		cmd: cmd,
 	}
 }
 
-// Root marks the command as root and adds the hidden completion command (`_carapace`)
-func (c Carapace) Root() {
-	// there is no PreExecC hook in cobra so this needs to be done explicitly
-	addCompletionCommand(c.cmd)
-}
-
 // PositionalCompletion defines completion for positional arguments using a list of Actions
 func (c Carapace) PositionalCompletion(action ...Action) {
 	storage.get(c.cmd).positional = action
diff --git a/docs/src/carapace/gen.md b/docs/src/carapace/gen.md
index d8db40f14..bcb50d8e7 100644
--- a/docs/src/carapace/gen.md
+++ b/docs/src/carapace/gen.md
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Gen
 
-Calling [`Root()`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/rsteube/carapace#Carapace.Root) on the root command is sufficient to enable completion script generation using the [hidden subcommand](./gen/hiddenSubcommand.md).
+Calling [`Gen`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/rsteube/carapace#Gen) on the root command is sufficient to enable completion script generation using the [hidden subcommand](./gen/hiddenSubcommand.md).
 
 ```go
 import (
     "github.com/rsteube/carapace"
 )
 
-carapace.Gen(myCmd).Root()
+carapace.Gen(rootCmd)
 ```
 
 Additionally invoke [`carapace.Test`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/rsteube/carapace#Test) in a [test](https://golang.org/doc/tutorial/add-a-test) to verify configuration during build time.
diff --git a/docs/src/carapace/gen/hiddenSubcommand.md b/docs/src/carapace/gen/hiddenSubcommand.md
index 0191517b3..753c3fa86 100644
--- a/docs/src/carapace/gen/hiddenSubcommand.md
+++ b/docs/src/carapace/gen/hiddenSubcommand.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Hidden Subcommand
 
-When [`Root()`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/rsteube/carapace#Carapace.Root) is invoked a hidden command (`_carapace`) is added. This handles completion script generation and [callbacks](../action/actionCallback.md).
+When [`Gen`](https://github.com/rsteube/carapace/carapace.go#Gen) is invoked a hidden subcommand (`_carapace`) is added. This handles completion script generation and [callbacks](../action/actionCallback.md).
 
 
 ## Completion
diff --git a/example/cmd/root.go b/example/cmd/root.go
index d4ddd12c1..3bbe35719 100644
--- a/example/cmd/root.go
+++ b/example/cmd/root.go
@@ -25,6 +25,4 @@ func init() {
 	carapace.Gen(rootCmd).FlagCompletion(carapace.ActionMap{
 		"persistentFlag": carapace.ActionValues("p1", "p2", "p3"),
 	})
-
-	carapace.Gen(rootCmd).Root()
 }