diff --git a/docs/recipes/git-log.rst b/docs/recipes/git-log.rst
index e9c10b7..b234e0f 100644
--- a/docs/recipes/git-log.rst
+++ b/docs/recipes/git-log.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Show HEAD commit
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-    >>> commit = repo[repo.head.oid]
+    >>> commit = repo[repo.head.target]
     >>> commit.message
     'commit message'
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Traverse commit history
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-    >>> last = repo[repo.head.oid]
+    >>> last = repo[repo.head.target]
     >>> for commit in repo.walk(last.oid, pygit2.GIT_SORT_TIME):
     >>>     print(commit.message) # or some other operation
 
diff --git a/src/repository.c b/src/repository.c
index 935c166..2ce42ab 100644
--- a/src/repository.c
+++ b/src/repository.c
@@ -591,9 +591,9 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(Repository_walk__doc__,
   "  >>> from pygit2 import Repository\n"
   "  >>> from pygit2 import GIT_SORT_TOPOLOGICAL, GIT_SORT_REVERSE\n"
   "  >>> repo = Repository('.git')\n"
-  "  >>> for commit in repo.walk(repo.head.oid, GIT_SORT_TOPOLOGICAL):\n"
+  "  >>> for commit in repo.walk(repo.head.target, GIT_SORT_TOPOLOGICAL):\n"
   "  ...    print commit.message\n"
-  "  >>> for commit in repo.walk(repo.head.oid, GIT_SORT_TOPOLOGICAL | GIT_SORT_REVERSE):\n"
+  "  >>> for commit in repo.walk(repo.head.target, GIT_SORT_TOPOLOGICAL | GIT_SORT_REVERSE):\n"
   "  ...    print commit.message\n"
   "  >>>\n");