diff --git a/components/console/changing_default_command.rst b/components/console/changing_default_command.rst
index c9d5a1fe1e8..b5baf00c022 100644
--- a/components/console/changing_default_command.rst
+++ b/components/console/changing_default_command.rst
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ name to the ``setDefaultCommand()`` method::
 
     class HelloWorldCommand extends Command
     {
+        protected static $defaultName = 'hello:world';
+
         protected function configure()
         {
-            $this->setName('hello:world')
-                ->setDescription('Outputs \'Hello World\'');
+            $this->setDescription('Outputs "Hello World"');
         }
 
         protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
diff --git a/components/console/console_arguments.rst b/components/console/console_arguments.rst
index 8799cb0cc7f..79f5c6c1f4c 100644
--- a/components/console/console_arguments.rst
+++ b/components/console/console_arguments.rst
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ Have a look at the following command that has three options::
 
     class DemoArgsCommand extends Command
     {
+        protected static $defaultName = 'demo:args';
+
         protected function configure()
         {
             $this
-                ->setName('demo:args')
                 ->setDescription('Describe args behaviors')
                 ->setDefinition(
                     new InputDefinition([
diff --git a/components/console/logger.rst b/components/console/logger.rst
index 642f791a4d3..528b7df3f2c 100644
--- a/components/console/logger.rst
+++ b/components/console/logger.rst
@@ -44,10 +44,11 @@ You can rely on the logger to use this dependency inside a command::
 
     class MyCommand extends Command
     {
+        protected static $defaultName = 'my:command';
+
         protected function configure()
         {
             $this
-                ->setName('my:command')
                 ->setDescription(
                     'Use an external dependency requiring a PSR-3 logger'
                 )
diff --git a/console/commands_as_services.rst b/console/commands_as_services.rst
index f5ccc02d00b..30ba7265f23 100644
--- a/console/commands_as_services.rst
+++ b/console/commands_as_services.rst
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ For example, suppose you want to log something from within your command::
 
     class SunshineCommand extends Command
     {
+        protected static $defaultName = 'app:sunshine';
         private $logger;
 
         public function __construct(LoggerInterface $logger)
@@ -48,7 +49,6 @@ For example, suppose you want to log something from within your command::
         protected function configure()
         {
             $this
-                ->setName('app:sunshine')
                 ->setDescription('Good morning!');
         }
 
diff --git a/console/hide_commands.rst b/console/hide_commands.rst
index d7c9b011e94..4a747b23245 100644
--- a/console/hide_commands.rst
+++ b/console/hide_commands.rst
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ In those cases, you can define the command as **hidden** by setting the
 
     class LegacyCommand extends Command
     {
+        protected static $defaultName = 'app:legacy';
+
         protected function configure()
         {
             $this
-                ->setName('app:legacy')
                 ->setHidden(true)
                 // ...
             ;