diff --git a/components/event_dispatcher.rst b/components/event_dispatcher.rst
index 0344acf4e8e..e238eec62fc 100644
--- a/components/event_dispatcher.rst
+++ b/components/event_dispatcher.rst
@@ -348,9 +348,17 @@ of the event to dispatch::
     // creates the OrderPlacedEvent and dispatches it
     $event = new OrderPlacedEvent($order);
     $dispatcher->dispatch($event, OrderPlacedEvent::NAME);
+    // you can also omit the second argument
+    $dispatcher->dispatch($event);
+
+.. versionadded:: 4.3
+
+    The event name in :method:`Symfony\\Component\\EventDispatcher\\EventDispatcher::dispatch`
+    is optional since Symfony 4.3.
 
 Notice that the special ``OrderPlacedEvent`` object is created and passed to
-the ``dispatch()`` method. Now, any listener to the ``order.placed``
+the ``dispatch()`` method. Now, any listener to the ``order.placed`` or the
+``Acme\Store\Event\OrderPlacedEvent`` (FQCN)
 event will receive the ``OrderPlacedEvent``.
 
 .. index::
@@ -390,7 +398,10 @@ Take the following example of a subscriber that subscribes to the
                     ['onKernelResponsePre', 10],
                     ['onKernelResponsePost', -10],
                 ],
+                // when using two arguments, the event and the event name
                 OrderPlacedEvent::NAME => 'onStoreOrder',
+                // when using only one argument, the event (since Symfony 4.3+)
+                OrderPlacedEvent::class => 'onStoreOrder',
             ];
         }