diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 2b9d9d3..189b632 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # bench (development version)
 
+* `scale_*_bench_*()` functions now supply more informative axis breaks 
+  (@simonpcouch, #143).
+
 # bench 1.1.3
 
 * Long unnamed `bench_expr` expressions are now truncated correctly when used as
diff --git a/R/bytes.R b/R/bytes.R
index 9e59dc2..c22332d 100644
--- a/R/bytes.R
+++ b/R/bytes.R
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ bench_bytes_trans <- function(base = 2) {
   if (is.null(base)) {
     return(
       scales::trans_new("bch:byt", as.numeric, as_bench_bytes,
-        scales::pretty_breaks(), domain = c(1e-100, Inf)
+        breaks = scales::pretty_breaks(), domain = c(1e-100, Inf)
       )
     )
   }
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ bench_bytes_trans <- function(base = 2) {
   inv <- function(x) as_bench_bytes(base ^ as.numeric(x))
 
   scales::trans_new(paste0("bch:byt-", format(base)), trans, inv,
-    scales::log_breaks(base = base), domain = c(1e-100, Inf))
+    breaks = scales::log_breaks(base = base), domain = c(1e-100, Inf))
 }
 
 scale_type.bench_bytes <- function(x) "bench_bytes"