diff --git a/docs/src/site/docbook/reference/readersAndWriters.xml b/docs/src/site/docbook/reference/readersAndWriters.xml
index 4acf421e3..fe8ffe739 100644
--- a/docs/src/site/docbook/reference/readersAndWriters.xml
+++ b/docs/src/site/docbook/reference/readersAndWriters.xml
@@ -1946,7 +1946,7 @@
   JdbcCursorItemReader itemReader = new JdbcCursorItemReader();
   itemReader.setDataSource(dataSource);
   itemReader.setSql("SELECT ID, NAME, CREDIT from CUSTOMER");
-  itemReader.setMapper(new CustomerCreditRowMapper());
+  itemReader.setRowMapper(new CustomerCreditRowMapper());
   int counter = 0;
   ExecutionContext executionContext = new ExecutionContext();
   itemReader.open(executionContext);
@@ -1977,7 +1977,7 @@
   <bean id="itemReader" class="org.springframework.batch.item.database.JdbcCursorItemReader">
     <property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource"/>
     <property name="sql" value="select ID, NAME, CREDIT from CUSTOMER"/>
-    <property name="mapper">
+    <property name="rowMapper">
       <bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.CustomerCreditRowMapper"/>
     </property>
   </bean>
@@ -2534,7 +2534,7 @@
   <bean id="playerSummarizationSource"
         class="org.springframework.batch.item.database.JdbcCursorItemReader">
     <property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
-    <property name="mapper">
+    <property name="rowMapper">
       <bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.mapping.PlayerSummaryMapper" />
     </property>
     <emphasis role="bold">&lt;property name="saveState" value="false" /&gt;</emphasis>