diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/models/entities.rst b/user_guide_src/source/models/entities.rst
index 22a81e192784..623fc10bf7b0 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/models/entities.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/models/entities.rst
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ Here's an updated User entity to provide some examples of how this could be used
     {
         public function setPassword(string $pass)
         {
-            $this->password = password_hash($pass, PASSWORD_BCRYPT);
+            $this->attributes['password'] = password_hash($pass, PASSWORD_BCRYPT);
 
             return $this;
         }