diff --git a/include/osgText/Text b/include/osgText/Text
index bae09229d..e9f141f7e 100644
--- a/include/osgText/Text
+++ b/include/osgText/Text
@@ -39,20 +39,18 @@ public:
 
 
     void setColor(const osg::Vec4& color);
-
     const osg::Vec4& getColor() const { return _color; }
 
 
-
     /**
      * Turns off writing to the depth buffer when rendering text. This only affects text
      * with no backdrop or text using the DELAYED_DEPTH_WRITES implementation, since
      * the other backdrop implementations are really only useful for backwards
      * compatibility and are not worth updating to utilize this flag.
      */
-    bool setEnableDepthWrites() { return _enableDepthWrites; }
-
     void setEnableDepthWrites(bool enable) { _enableDepthWrites = enable; }
+    bool getEnableDepthWrites() const { return _enableDepthWrites; }
+
 
     enum BackdropType
     {