diff --git a/docs/en/reference/data-retrieval-and-manipulation.rst b/docs/en/reference/data-retrieval-and-manipulation.rst
index 7902584c3de..fcef982d721 100644
--- a/docs/en/reference/data-retrieval-and-manipulation.rst
+++ b/docs/en/reference/data-retrieval-and-manipulation.rst
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ are then replaced by their actual values in a second step (execute).
     $sql = "SELECT * FROM articles WHERE id = ?";
     $stmt = $conn->prepare($sql);
     $stmt->bindValue(1, $id);
-    $stmt->execute();
+    $resultSet = $stmt->executeQuery();
 
 Placeholders in prepared statements are either simple positional question marks (``?``) or named labels starting with
 a colon (e.g. ``:name1``). You cannot mix the positional and the named approach. You have to bind a parameter
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ position of the variable to bind into the ``bindValue()`` method:
     $stmt = $conn->prepare($sql);
     $stmt->bindValue(1, $id);
     $stmt->bindValue(2, $status);
-    $stmt->execute();
+    $resultSet = $stmt->executeQuery();
 
 Named parameters have the advantage that their labels can be re-used and only need to be bound once:
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Named parameters have the advantage that their labels can be re-used and only ne
     $sql = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = :name OR username = :name";
     $stmt = $conn->prepare($sql);
     $stmt->bindValue("name", $name);
-    $stmt->execute();
+    $resultSet = $stmt->executeQuery();
 
 The following section describes the API of Doctrine DBAL with regard to prepared statements.
 
@@ -159,17 +159,28 @@ and methods to retrieve data from a statement.
 -   ``bindParam($pos, &$param, $type)`` - Bind a given reference to the positional or
     named parameter in the prepared statement.
 
-If you are finished with binding parameters you have to call ``execute()`` on the statement, which
-will trigger a query to the database. After the query is finished you can access the results
-of this query using the fetch API of a statement:
+If you are finished with binding parameters you have to call ``executeQuery()`` on the statement,
+which will trigger a query to the database. After the query is finished, a ``Doctrine\DBAL\Result``
+instance is returned and you can access the results of this query using the fetch API of the result:
 
--   ``fetch($fetchStyle)`` - Retrieves the next row from the statement or false if there are none.
+-   ``fetchNumeric()`` - Retrieves the next row from the statement or false if there are none.
+    The row is fetched as an array with numeric keys where the columns appear in the same order as
+    they were specified in the executed ``SELECT`` query.
     Moves the pointer forward one row, so that consecutive calls will always return the next row.
--   ``fetchColumn($column)`` - Retrieves only one column of the next row specified by column index.
+-   ``fetchAssociative()`` - Retrieves the next row from the statement or false if there are none.
+    The row is fetched as an associative array where the keys represent the column names as
+    specified in the executed ``SELECT`` query.
     Moves the pointer forward one row, so that consecutive calls will always return the next row.
--   ``fetchAll($fetchStyle)`` - Retrieves all rows from the statement.
+-   ``fetchOne()`` - Retrieves the value of the first column of the next row from the statement
+    or false if there are none.
+    Moves the pointer forward one row, so that consecutive calls will always return the next row.
+-   ``fetchAllNumeric()`` - Retrieves all rows from the statement as arrays with numeric keys.
+-   ``fetchAllAssociative()`` - Retrieves all rows from the statement as associative arrays.
+-   ``fetchFirstColumn()`` - Retrieves the value of the first column of all rows.
 
-The fetch API of a prepared statement obviously works only for ``SELECT`` queries.
+The fetch API of a prepared statement obviously works only for ``SELECT`` queries. If you want to
+execute a statement that does not yield a result set, like ``INSERT``, ``UPDATE`` or ``DELETE``
+for instance, you might want to call ``executeStatement()`` instead of ``executeQuery()``.
 
 If you find it tedious to write all the prepared statement code you can alternatively use
 the ``Doctrine\DBAL\Connection#executeQuery()`` and ``Doctrine\DBAL\Connection#executeStatement()``
@@ -201,7 +212,7 @@ to the appropriate vendors database format:
     $date = new \DateTime("2011-03-05 14:00:21");
     $stmt = $conn->prepare("SELECT * FROM articles WHERE publish_date > ?");
     $stmt->bindValue(1, $date, "datetime");
-    $stmt->execute();
+    $resultSet = $stmt->executeQuery();
 
 If you take a look at ``Doctrine\DBAL\Types\DateTimeType`` you will see that
 parts of the conversion are delegated to a method on the current database platform,
@@ -238,7 +249,7 @@ Since you are using an ``IN`` expression you would really like to use it in the
     $stmt = $conn->prepare('SELECT * FROM articles WHERE id IN (?)');
     // THIS WILL NOT WORK:
     $stmt->bindValue(1, array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6));
-    $stmt->execute();
+    $resultSet = $stmt->executeQuery();
 
 Implementing a generic way to handle this kind of query is tedious work. This is why most
 developers fallback to inserting the parameters directly into the query, which can open
@@ -309,14 +320,14 @@ Prepare a given SQL statement and return the
 
     <?php
     $statement = $conn->prepare('SELECT * FROM user');
-    $statement->execute();
-    $users = $statement->fetchAllAssociative();
+    $resultSet = $statement->executeQuery();
+    $users = $resultSet->fetchAllAssociative();
 
     /*
     array(
       0 => array(
         'username' => 'jwage',
-        'password' => 'changeme'
+        'email' => 'j.wage@example.com'
       )
     )
     */
@@ -342,18 +353,18 @@ executeQuery()
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Creates a prepared statement for the given SQL and passes the
-parameters to the execute method, then returning the statement:
+parameters to the executeQuery method, then returning the result set:
 
 .. code-block:: php
 
     <?php
-    $statement = $conn->executeQuery('SELECT * FROM user WHERE username = ?', array('jwage'));
-    $user = $statement->fetchAssociative();
+    $resultSet = $conn->executeQuery('SELECT * FROM user WHERE username = ?', array('jwage'));
+    $user = $resultSet->fetchAssociative();
 
     /*
     array(
       0 => 'jwage',
-      1 => 'changeme'
+      1 => 'j.wage@example.com'
     )
     */
 
@@ -376,7 +387,7 @@ Execute the query and fetch all results into an array:
     array(
       0 => array(
         'username' => 'jwage',
-        'password' => 'changeme'
+        'email' => 'j.wage@example.com'
       )
     )
     */
@@ -389,11 +400,11 @@ Execute the query and fetch the first two columns into an associative array as k
 .. code-block:: php
 
     <?php
-    $users = $conn->fetchAllKeyValue('SELECT username, password FROM user');
+    $users = $conn->fetchAllKeyValue('SELECT username, email FROM user');
 
     /*
     array(
-      'jwage' => 'changeme',
+      'jwage' => 'j.wage@example.com',
     )
     */
 
@@ -409,13 +420,13 @@ an associative array of the rest of the columns and their values:
 .. code-block:: php
 
     <?php
-    $users = $conn->fetchAllAssociativeIndexed('SELECT id, username, password FROM user');
+    $users = $conn->fetchAllAssociativeIndexed('SELECT id, username, email FROM user');
 
     /*
     array(
         1 => array(
           'username' => 'jwage',
-          'password' => 'changeme',
+          'email' => 'j.wage@example.com'
         )
     )
     */
@@ -433,7 +444,7 @@ Numeric index retrieval of first result row of the given query:
     /*
     array(
       0 => 'jwage',
-      1 => 'changeme'
+      1 => 'j.wage@example.com'
     )
     */
 
@@ -460,7 +471,7 @@ Retrieve associative array of the first result row.
     /*
     array(
       'username' => 'jwage',
-      'password' => 'changeme'
+      'email' => 'j.wage@example.com'
     )
     */
 
@@ -474,7 +485,7 @@ Execute the query and iterate over the first two columns as keys and values resp
 .. code-block:: php
 
     <?php
-    foreach ($conn->iterateKeyValue('SELECT username, password FROM user') as $username => $password) {
+    foreach ($conn->iterateKeyValue('SELECT username, email FROM user') as $username => $email) {
         // ...
     }
 
@@ -490,7 +501,7 @@ an associative array of the rest of the columns and their values:
 .. code-block:: php
 
     <?php
-    foreach ($conn->iterateAssociativeIndexed('SELECT id, username, password FROM user') as $id => $data) {
+    foreach ($conn->iterateAssociativeIndexed('SELECT id, username, email FROM user') as $id => $data) {
         // ...
     }
 
diff --git a/docs/en/reference/security.rst b/docs/en/reference/security.rst
index 89e19636922..d8859e9a62c 100644
--- a/docs/en/reference/security.rst
+++ b/docs/en/reference/security.rst
@@ -105,13 +105,13 @@ Following are examples of using prepared statements with SQL and DQL:
     $sql = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = ?";
     $stmt = $connection->prepare($sql);
     $stmt->bindValue(1, $_GET['username']);
-    $stmt->execute();
+    $resultSet = $stmt->executeQuery();
 
     // SQL Prepared Statements: Named
     $sql = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = :user";
     $stmt = $connection->prepare($sql);
     $stmt->bindValue("user", $_GET['username']);
-    $stmt->execute();
+    $resultSet = $stmt->executeQuery();
 
     // DQL Prepared Statements: Positional
     $dql = "SELECT u FROM User u WHERE u.username = ?1";
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ are using just the DBAL there are also helper methods which simplify the usage q
     <?php
     // bind parameters and execute query at once.
     $sql = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = ?";
-    $stmt = $connection->executeQuery($sql, array($_GET['username']));
+    $resultSet = $connection->executeQuery($sql, array($_GET['username']));
 
 There is also ``executeStatement`` which does not return a statement but the number of affected rows.