diff --git a/doctrine/event_listeners_subscribers.rst b/doctrine/event_listeners_subscribers.rst
index 6d39d471bd0..ba6e218c5cd 100644
--- a/doctrine/event_listeners_subscribers.rst
+++ b/doctrine/event_listeners_subscribers.rst
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ a ``postPersist()`` method, which will be called when the event is dispatched::
     {
         public function postPersist(LifecycleEventArgs $args)
         {
-            $entity = $args->getEntity();
+            $entity = $args->getObject();
 
             // only act on some "Product" entity
             if (!$entity instanceof Product) {
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ interface and have an event method for each event it subscribes to::
 
         public function index(LifecycleEventArgs $args)
         {
-            $entity = $args->getEntity();
+            $entity = $args->getObject();
 
             // perhaps you only want to act on some "Product" entity
             if ($entity instanceof Product) {