diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 7cf5a48302..a9d343bf7c 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -421,6 +421,8 @@ Deprecated methods and their replacements
   instead of "char**". As the client data is typically untyped, you should
   simply remove the casts to "char**" which you probably have in your code if
   you use these functions.
+- wxDataViewCtrl::StartEditor(item, n) taking column index is now deprecated,
+  use EditItem(item, GetColumn(n)), which takes the column itself, instead.
 
 
 Major new features in this release
diff --git a/samples/dataview/dataview.cpp b/samples/dataview/dataview.cpp
index df816643c9..194fd587ad 100644
--- a/samples/dataview/dataview.cpp
+++ b/samples/dataview/dataview.cpp
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ void MyFrame::OnAddTreeItem(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(event))
     if (ctrl->IsContainer(selected)) {
         wxDataViewItem newitem = ctrl->AppendItem( selected, "Item", 0 );
         ctrl->Select(newitem);
-        ctrl->StartEditor(newitem, 0);
+        ctrl->EditItem(newitem, ctrl->GetColumn(0));
     }
 }