diff --git a/cookbook/form/create_custom_field_type.rst b/cookbook/form/create_custom_field_type.rst
index 2fa6217c125..95a7fbef935 100644
--- a/cookbook/form/create_custom_field_type.rst
+++ b/cookbook/form/create_custom_field_type.rst
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ the gender codes were stored in configuration or in a database? The next
 section explains how more complex field types solve this problem.
 
 .. versionadded:: 2.6
-    The ``placeholder`` option was introduced in Symfony 2.6 in favor of
+    The ``placeholder`` option was introduced in Symfony 2.6 and replaces
     ``empty_value``, which is available prior to 2.6.
 
 .. _form-cookbook-form-field-service:
diff --git a/cookbook/form/dynamic_form_modification.rst b/cookbook/form/dynamic_form_modification.rst
index 92ecf27b412..8338134126c 100644
--- a/cookbook/form/dynamic_form_modification.rst
+++ b/cookbook/form/dynamic_form_modification.rst
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ sport like this::
     }
 
 .. versionadded:: 2.6
-    The ``placeholder`` option was introduced in Symfony 2.6 in favor of
+    The ``placeholder`` option was introduced in Symfony 2.6 and replaces
     ``empty_value``, which is available prior to 2.6.
 
 When you're building this form to display to the user for the first time,
diff --git a/reference/forms/types/date.rst b/reference/forms/types/date.rst
index 25816551d42..2efa97662ce 100644
--- a/reference/forms/types/date.rst
+++ b/reference/forms/types/date.rst
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ placeholder
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 .. versionadded:: 2.6
-    The ``placeholder`` option was introduced in Symfony 2.6 in favor of
+    The ``placeholder`` option was introduced in Symfony 2.6 and replaces
     ``empty_value``, which is available prior to 2.6.
 
 **type**: ``string`` or ``array``
diff --git a/reference/forms/types/options/placeholder.rst.inc b/reference/forms/types/options/placeholder.rst.inc
index afb649bdd58..ca065be6bbe 100644
--- a/reference/forms/types/options/placeholder.rst.inc
+++ b/reference/forms/types/options/placeholder.rst.inc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ placeholder
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 .. versionadded:: 2.6
-    The ``placeholder`` option was introduced in Symfony 2.6 in favor of
+    The ``placeholder`` option was introduced in Symfony 2.6 and replaces
     ``empty_value``, which is available prior to 2.6.
 
 .. versionadded:: 2.3