diff --git a/components/serializer.rst b/components/serializer.rst
index f72d4e91638..2af0ad3fb96 100644
--- a/components/serializer.rst
+++ b/components/serializer.rst
@@ -347,8 +347,8 @@ Given you have the following object::
 
     class Company
     {
-        public name;
-        public address;
+        public $name;
+        public $address;
     }
 
 And in the serialized form, all attributes must be prefixed by ``org_`` like