diff --git a/include/wx/rtti.h b/include/wx/rtti.h
index 565667879c..fcd463e869 100644
--- a/include/wx/rtti.h
+++ b/include/wx/rtti.h
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxObject *wxCreateDynamicObject(const wxString& name);
     static wxObject* wxCreateObject()
 
 #define wxDECLARE_CLASS(name)                                                 \
-    wxDECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(name)
+    wxDECLARE_ABSTRACT_CLASS(name)
 
 
 // common part of the macros below
diff --git a/interface/wx/object.h b/interface/wx/object.h
index 90435866f2..dbe8a5bfba 100644
--- a/interface/wx/object.h
+++ b/interface/wx/object.h
@@ -708,7 +708,9 @@ public:
 /**
     Used inside a class declaration to declare that the class should be made
     known to the class hierarchy, but objects of this class cannot be created
-    dynamically. The same as wxDECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS().
+    dynamically.
+
+    The same as wxDECLARE_ABSTRACT_CLASS().
 
     @header{wx/object.h}
 */