diff --git a/src/base/construction.rs b/src/base/construction.rs
index 05bb4b16..aeee6121 100644
--- a/src/base/construction.rs
+++ b/src/base/construction.rs
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ where DefaultAllocator: Allocator<N, R, C>
     /// let vec_ptr = vec.as_ptr();
     ///
     /// let matrix = Matrix::from_vec_generic(Dynamic::new(vec.len()), U1, vec);
-    /// let matrix_storage_ptr = matrix.data.as_ptr();
+    /// let matrix_storage_ptr = matrix.data.as_vec().as_ptr();
     ///
     /// // `matrix` is backed by exactly the same `Vec` as it was constructed from.
     /// assert_eq!(matrix_storage_ptr, vec_ptr);
diff --git a/src/base/vec_storage.rs b/src/base/vec_storage.rs
index 246c3515..4a852f25 100644
--- a/src/base/vec_storage.rs
+++ b/src/base/vec_storage.rs
@@ -50,15 +50,16 @@ impl<N, R: Dim, C: Dim> VecStorage<N, R, C> {
 
     /// The underlying data storage.
     #[inline]
-    pub fn data(&self) -> &Vec<N> {
+    pub fn as_vec(&self) -> &Vec<N> {
         &self.data
     }
 
     /// The underlying mutable data storage.
     ///
-    /// This is unsafe because this may cause UB if the vector is modified by the user.
+    /// This is unsafe because this may cause UB if the size of the vector is changed
+    /// by the user.
     #[inline]
-    pub unsafe fn data_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Vec<N> {
+    pub unsafe fn as_vec_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Vec<N> {
         &mut self.data
     }