diff --git a/crates/bevy_app/src/app.rs b/crates/bevy_app/src/app.rs
index cf50737df3df04..d4182205407884 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_app/src/app.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_app/src/app.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::{CoreStage, Events, Plugin, PluginGroup, PluginGroupBuilder, StartupStage};
 use bevy_ecs::{
     component::{Component, ComponentDescriptor},
-    prelude::{FromWorld, IntoExclusiveSystem, IntoSystem},
+    prelude::{FromWorld, IntoExclusiveSystem},
     schedule::{
         IntoSystemDescriptor, RunOnce, Schedule, Stage, StageLabel, State, SystemSet, SystemStage,
     },
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ impl App {
     /// Adds a system that runs every time `app.update()` is called by the runner
     ///
     /// Systems are the main building block in the Bevy ECS app model. You can define
-    /// normal rust functions, and call `.system()` to make them be Bevy systems.
+    /// normal rust functions, and use them as a Bevy system.
     ///
     /// System functions can have parameters, through which one can query and
     /// mutate Bevy ECS states.
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ impl App {
     /// }
     ///
     /// App::new()
-    ///     .add_system(my_system.system());
+    ///     .add_system(my_system);
     /// ```
     pub fn add_system<Params>(&mut self, system: impl IntoSystemDescriptor<Params>) -> &mut Self {
         self.add_system_to_stage(CoreStage::Update, system)
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ impl App {
     /// }
     ///
     /// App::new()
-    ///     .add_startup_system(my_startup_system.system());
+    ///     .add_startup_system(my_startup_system);
     /// ```
     pub fn add_startup_system<Params>(
         &mut self,
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ impl App {
         T: Component,
     {
         self.insert_resource(Events::<T>::default())
-            .add_system_to_stage(CoreStage::First, Events::<T>::update_system.system())
+            .add_system_to_stage(CoreStage::First, Events::<T>::update_system)
     }
 
     /// Inserts a resource to the current [App] and overwrites any resource previously added of the same type.