diff --git a/docs/en/cookbook/entities-in-session.rst b/docs/en/cookbook/entities-in-session.rst
index b9d9c6656df..25c9779a26a 100644
--- a/docs/en/cookbook/entities-in-session.rst
+++ b/docs/en/cookbook/entities-in-session.rst
@@ -3,42 +3,69 @@ Entities in the Session
 
 There are several use-cases to save entities in the session, for example:
 
-1.  User object
+1.  User data
 2.  Multi-step forms
 
 To achieve this with Doctrine you have to pay attention to some details to get
 this working.
 
-Merging entity into an EntityManager
-------------------------------------
+Updating an entity
+------------------
 
 In Doctrine an entity objects has to be "managed" by an EntityManager to be
-updateable. Entities saved into the session are not managed in the next request
-anymore. This means that you have to register these entities with an
-EntityManager again if you want to change them or use them as part of
-references between other entities. You can achieve this by calling
-``EntityManager#merge()``.
+updatable. Entities saved into the session are not managed in the next request
+anymore. This means that you have to update the entities with the stored session
+data after you fetch the entities from the EntityManager again.
 
-For a representative User object the code to get turn an instance from
-the session into a managed Doctrine object looks like this:
+For a representative User object the code to get data from the session into a
+managed Doctrine object can look like these examples:
+
+Working with scalars
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+In simpler applications there is no need to work with objects in sessions and you can use
+separate session elements.
 
 .. code-block:: php
 
     <?php
     require_once 'bootstrap.php';
-    $em = GetEntityManager(); // creates an EntityManager 
 
     session_start();
-    if (isset($_SESSION['user']) && $_SESSION['user'] instanceof User) {
-        $user = $_SESSION['user']; 
-        $user = $em->merge($user);
+    if (isset($_SESSION['userId']) && is_int($_SESSION['userId'])) {
+        $userId = $_SESSION['userId'];
+
+        $em = GetEntityManager(); // creates an EntityManager
+        $user = $em->find(User::class, $userId);
+
+        $user->setValue($_SESSION['storedValue']);
+
+        $em->flush();
     }
 
-.. note::
+Working with custom data transfer objects
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+If objects are needed, we discourage the storage of entity objects in the session. It's
+preferable to use a `DTO (data transfer object) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_transfer_object>`_
+instead and merge the DTO data later with the entity.
+
+.. code-block:: php
+
+    <?php
+    require_once 'bootstrap.php';
+
+    session_start();
+    if (isset($_SESSION['user']) && $_SESSION['user'] instanceof UserDto) {
+        $userDto = $_SESSION['user'];
 
-    A frequent mistake is not to get the merged user object from the return
-    value of ``EntityManager#merge()``. The entity object passed to merge is
-    not necessarily the same object that is returned from the method.
+        $em = GetEntityManager(); // creates an EntityManager
+        $userEntity = $em->find(User::class, $userDto->getId());
+
+        $userEntity->populateFromDto($userDto);
+
+        $em->flush();
+    }
 
 Serializing entity into the session
 -----------------------------------
@@ -47,22 +74,20 @@ Entities that are serialized into the session normally contain references to
 other entities as well. Think of the user entity has a reference to their
 articles, groups, photos or many other different entities. If you serialize
 this object into the session then you don't want to serialize the related
-entities as well. This is why you should call ``EntityManager#detach()`` on this
-object or implement the __sleep() magic method on your entity.
+entities as well. This is why you shouldn't serialize an entity and use
+only the needed values of it. This can happen with the help of a DTO.
 
 .. code-block:: php
 
     <?php
     require_once 'bootstrap.php';
+
     $em = GetEntityManager(); // creates an EntityManager 
 
     $user = $em->find("User", 1);
-    $em->detach($user);
-    $_SESSION['user'] = $user;
+    $userDto = new UserDto($user->getId(), $user->getFirstName(), $user->getLastName());
+    // or "UserDto::createFrom($user);", but don't store an entity in a property. Only its values without relations.
 
-.. note::
+    $_SESSION['user'] = $userDto;
 
-    When you called detach on your objects they get "unmanaged" with that
-    entity manager. This means you cannot use them as part of write operations
-    during ``EntityManager#flush()`` anymore in this request.