diff --git a/doc/source/pre/whatsnew/1.3.rst b/doc/source/pre/whatsnew/1.3.rst
index 0f4e250fdcf608271da94544e6396cddd4638ea8..707608cb65e2d54c7854f01b0ded189c2ce2d815 100644
--- a/doc/source/pre/whatsnew/1.3.rst
+++ b/doc/source/pre/whatsnew/1.3.rst
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ the following::
     psi = kwant.wave_function(syst)(0)[0]
 
     # create the operators
-    Q = kwant.physics.LocalOperator(syst)
-    J = kwant.physics.Current(syst)
+    Q = kwant.operator.Density(syst)
+    J = kwant.operator.Current(syst)
 
     # evaluate the expectation value with the wavefunction
     q = Q(psi)