diff --git a/components/http_kernel.rst b/components/http_kernel.rst
index 046ca09a6f6..b1c98d7cae2 100644
--- a/components/http_kernel.rst
+++ b/components/http_kernel.rst
@@ -526,10 +526,22 @@ to the exception.
 
 Each listener to this event is passed a :class:`Symfony\\Component\\HttpKernel\\Event\\ExceptionEvent`
 object, which you can use to access the original exception via the
-:method:`Symfony\\Component\\HttpKernel\\Event\\ExceptionEvent::getException`
+:method:`Symfony\\Component\\HttpKernel\\Event\\ExceptionEvent::getThrowable`
 method. A typical listener on this event will check for a certain type of
 exception and create an appropriate error ``Response``.
 
+.. versionadded:: 4.4
+
+    The :method:`Symfony\\Component\\HttpKernel\\Event\\ExceptionEvent::getThrowable` and
+    :method:`Symfony\\Component\\HttpKernel\\Event\\ExceptionEvent::setThrowable` methods
+    were introduced in Symfony 4.4.
+
+.. deprecated:: 4.4
+
+    The :method:`Symfony\\Component\\HttpKernel\\Event\\ExceptionEvent::getException` and
+    :method:`Symfony\\Component\\HttpKernel\\Event\\ExceptionEvent::setException` methods
+    are deprecated since Symfony 4.4.
+
 For example, to generate a 404 page, you might throw a special type of exception
 and then add a listener on this event that looks for this exception and
 creates and returns a 404 ``Response``. In fact, the HttpKernel component
diff --git a/event_dispatcher.rst b/event_dispatcher.rst
index c1c7d1c6f95..8df171497a5 100644
--- a/event_dispatcher.rst
+++ b/event_dispatcher.rst
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ The most common way to listen to an event is to register an **event listener**::
         public function onKernelException(ExceptionEvent $event)
         {
             // You get the exception object from the received event
-            $exception = $event->getException();
+            $exception = $event->getThrowable();
             $message = sprintf(
                 'My Error says: %s with code: %s',
                 $exception->getMessage(),
diff --git a/reference/events.rst b/reference/events.rst
index d6d7b669573..b7eec4d8dbd 100644
--- a/reference/events.rst
+++ b/reference/events.rst
@@ -239,14 +239,14 @@ sent as response::
 
     public function onKernelException(ExceptionEvent $event)
     {
-        $exception = $event->getException();
+        $exception = $event->getThrowable();
         $response = new Response();
         // setup the Response object based on the caught exception
         $event->setResponse($response);
 
         // you can alternatively set a new Exception
         // $exception = new \Exception('Some special exception');
-        // $event->setException($exception);
+        // $event->setThrowable($exception);
     }
 
 .. note::