diff --git a/developer_manual/app/controllers.rst b/developer_manual/app/controllers.rst
index 024c635a5..ccb3a2977 100644
--- a/developer_manual/app/controllers.rst
+++ b/developer_manual/app/controllers.rst
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ The apptemplate comes with several different controllers. A simple controller wo
 
   namespace OCA\YourApp\Controller;
 
-  use \OCA\AppFramework\Controller\Controller as Controller;
-  use \OCA\AppFramework\Http\JSONResponse as JSONResponse;
+  use \OCA\AppFramework\Controller\Controller;
+  use \OCA\AppFramework\Http\JSONResponse;
 
 
   class MyController extends Controller {
diff --git a/developer_manual/app/database.rst b/developer_manual/app/database.rst
index 48053b33d..6eff49c89 100644
--- a/developer_manual/app/database.rst
+++ b/developer_manual/app/database.rst
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ All database queries for that object should be put into a mapper class. This fol
   <?php
   namespace \OCA\YourApp\Db;
 
-  use \OCA\AppFramework\Db\DoesNotExistException as DoesNotExistException;
-  use \OCA\AppFramework\Db\Mapper as Mapper;
+  use \OCA\AppFramework\Db\DoesNotExistException;
+  use \OCA\AppFramework\Db\Mapper;
 
 
   class ItemMapper extends Mapper {
diff --git a/developer_manual/app/middleware.rst b/developer_manual/app/middleware.rst
index a17288c77..b89c35e14 100644
--- a/developer_manual/app/middleware.rst
+++ b/developer_manual/app/middleware.rst
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ To generate your own middleware, simply inherit from the Middleware class :php:c
 
   <?php
 
-  use \OCA\AppFramework\Middleware\Middleware as Middleware;
+  use \OCA\AppFramework\Middleware\Middleware;
 
 
   class CensorMiddleware extends Middleware {
diff --git a/developer_manual/app/routes.rst b/developer_manual/app/routes.rst
index 69268adeb..1548b400f 100644
--- a/developer_manual/app/routes.rst
+++ b/developer_manual/app/routes.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ A simple route would look like this:
 .. code-block:: php
 
   <?php
-  use \OCA\AppFramework\App as App;
+  use \OCA\AppFramework\App;
 
   $this->create('yourappname_routename', '/myurl/{value}')->action(
       function($params){
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ If a default value should be used for an URL parameter, it can be set via the **
 .. code-block:: php
 
   <?php
-  use \OCA\AppFramework\App as App;
+  use \OCA\AppFramework\App;
 
   $this->create('yourappname_routename', '/myurl/{value}')->action(
       function($params){
diff --git a/developer_manual/app/templates.rst b/developer_manual/app/templates.rst
index 60656d5af..84076e04b 100644
--- a/developer_manual/app/templates.rst
+++ b/developer_manual/app/templates.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Templates are abstracted by the TemplateResponse object and used and returned in
 .. code-block:: php
 
   <?php
-  use \OCA\AppFramework\Http\TemplateResponse as TemplateResponse
+  use \OCA\AppFramework\Http\TemplateResponse;
 
   // ...
 
diff --git a/developer_manual/app/unittesting.rst b/developer_manual/app/unittesting.rst
index 400e6d5aa..6c7e0a6fe 100644
--- a/developer_manual/app/unittesting.rst
+++ b/developer_manual/app/unittesting.rst
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ A simple test for a controller would look like this:
   <?php
   namespace OCA\AppTemplateAdvanced;
 
-  use OCA\AppFramework\Http\Request as Request;
-  use OCA\AppFramework\Db\DoesNotExistException as DoesNotExistException;
-  use OCA\AppFramework\Utility\ControllerTestUtility as ControllerTestUtility;
+  use OCA\AppFramework\Http\Request;
+  use OCA\AppFramework\Db\DoesNotExistException;
+  use OCA\AppFramework\Utility\ControllerTestUtility;
 
 
   require_once(__DIR__ . "/../classloader.php");