diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f60a2363..48eb3c93 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ Konva works in all modern mobile and desktop browsers. A browser need to be capa
 
 At the current moment `Konva` doesn't work in IE11 directly. To make it work you just need to provide some polyfills such as `Array.prototype.find`, `String.prototype.trimLeft`, `String.prototype.trimRight`, `Array.from`.
 
+# Debugging
+
+The Chrome inspector simply shows the canvas element.  To see the Konva objects and their details, install the konva-dev extension at https://github.com/konvajs/konva-devtool.
+
 # Loading and installing Konva
 
 Konva supports UMD loading. So you can use all possible variants to load the framework into your project:
diff --git a/src/Shape.ts b/src/Shape.ts
index e85aa8df..4d77de82 100644
--- a/src/Shape.ts
+++ b/src/Shape.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export type LineJoin = 'round' | 'bevel' | 'miter';
 export type LineCap = 'butt' | 'round' | 'square';
 
 export interface ShapeConfig extends NodeConfig {
-  fill?: string;
+  fill?: string | CanvasGradient;
   fillPatternImage?: HTMLImageElement;
   fillPatternX?: number;
   fillPatternY?: number;
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ export class Shape<
   dash: GetSet<number[], this>;
   dashEnabled: GetSet<boolean, this>;
   dashOffset: GetSet<number, this>;
-  fill: GetSet<string, this>;
+  fill: GetSet<string | CanvasGradient, this>;
   fillEnabled: GetSet<boolean, this>;
   fillLinearGradientColorStops: GetSet<Array<number | string>, this>;
   fillLinearGradientStartPoint: GetSet<Vector2d, this>;
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ export class Shape<
   shadowOffsetY: GetSet<number, this>;
   shadowOpacity: GetSet<number, this>;
   shadowBlur: GetSet<number, this>;
-  stroke: GetSet<string, this>;
+  stroke: GetSet<string | CanvasGradient, this>;
   strokeEnabled: GetSet<boolean, this>;
   fillAfterStrokeEnabled: GetSet<boolean, this>;
   strokeScaleEnabled: GetSet<boolean, this>;