diff --git a/examples/todo-list/src/controllers/todo-list.controller.ts b/examples/todo-list/src/controllers/todo-list.controller.ts
index 52781aa5178f..ebac19f52ce9 100644
--- a/examples/todo-list/src/controllers/todo-list.controller.ts
+++ b/examples/todo-list/src/controllers/todo-list.controller.ts
@@ -95,11 +95,11 @@ export class TodoListController {
         },
       },
     })
-    obj: Partial<TodoList>,
+    todoList: Partial<TodoList>,
     @param.query.object('where', getWhereSchemaFor(TodoList))
     where?: Where<TodoList>,
   ): Promise<Count> {
-    return await this.todoListRepository.updateAll(obj, where);
+    return await this.todoListRepository.updateAll(todoList, where);
   }
 
   @get('/todo-lists/{id}', {
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ export class TodoListController {
         },
       },
     })
-    obj: Partial<TodoList>,
+    todoList: Partial<TodoList>,
   ): Promise<void> {
-    await this.todoListRepository.updateById(id, obj);
+    await this.todoListRepository.updateById(id, todoList);
   }
 
   @del('/todo-lists/{id}', {
diff --git a/examples/todo-list/src/controllers/todo.controller.ts b/examples/todo-list/src/controllers/todo.controller.ts
index 2e79eea7ce1d..67d953a64158 100644
--- a/examples/todo-list/src/controllers/todo.controller.ts
+++ b/examples/todo-list/src/controllers/todo.controller.ts
@@ -101,11 +101,11 @@ export class TodoController {
     @requestBody({
       content: {
         'application/json': {
-          schema: getModelSchemaRef(TodoList, {partial: true}),
+          schema: getModelSchemaRef(Todo, {partial: true}),
         },
       },
     })
-    todo: Partial<TodoList>,
+    todo: Partial<Todo>,
   ): Promise<void> {
     await this.todoRepo.updateById(id, todo);
   }