diff --git a/UPGRADE-3.0.md b/UPGRADE-3.0.md
index f212a203cc..a2c1d74a1f 100644
--- a/UPGRADE-3.0.md
+++ b/UPGRADE-3.0.md
@@ -250,6 +250,26 @@ UPGRADE FROM 2.x to 3.0
     * `Locale::getDisplayLocales()` -> `Intl::getLocaleBundle()->getLocaleNames()`
     * `Locale::getLocales()` -> `array_keys(Intl::getLocaleBundle()->getLocaleNames())`
 
+### PropertyAccess
+
+ * Renamed `PropertyAccess::getPropertyAccessor` to `createPropertyAccessor`.
+
+   Before:
+
+   ```
+   use Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\PropertyAccess;
+
+   $accessor = PropertyAccess::getPropertyAccessor();
+   ```
+
+   After:
+
+   ```
+   use Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\PropertyAccess;
+
+   $accessor = PropertyAccess::createPropertyAccessor();
+   ```
+
 ### Routing
 
  * Some route settings have been renamed:
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/CHANGELOG.md
index e8d11f95b6..071ef3b520 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ CHANGELOG
    method even if a non-public match was found. Before, a PropertyAccessDeniedException
    was thrown in this case. Class PropertyAccessDeniedException was removed
    now.
+ * deprecated PropertyAccess::getPropertyAccessor
+ * added PropertyAccess::createPropertyAccessor and PropertyAccess::createPropertyAccessorBuilder
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/PropertyAccess.php b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/PropertyAccess.php
index a01c9923b4..3b234df9d2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/PropertyAccess.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/PropertyAccess.php
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ final class PropertyAccess
      *
      * @return PropertyAccessor The new property accessor
      */
-    public static function getPropertyAccessor()
+    public static function createPropertyAccessor()
     {
-        return new PropertyAccessor();
+        return self::createPropertyAccessorBuilder()->getPropertyAccessor();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -33,11 +33,24 @@ final class PropertyAccess
      *
      * @return PropertyAccessorBuilder The new property accessor builder
      */
-    public static function getPropertyAccessorBuilder()
+    public static function createPropertyAccessorBuilder()
     {
         return new PropertyAccessorBuilder();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Alias of {@link getPropertyAccessor}.
+     *
+     * @return PropertyAccessor The new property accessor
+     *
+     * @deprecated Deprecated since version 2.3, to be removed in 3.0. Use
+     *             {@link createPropertyAccessor()} instead.
+     */
+    public static function getPropertyAccessor()
+    {
+        return self::createPropertyAccessor();
+    }
+
     /**
      * This class cannot be instantiated.
      */