diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Documentation/Changelog/master/Deprecation-68748-DeprecateAbstractContentObjectgetContentObject.rst b/typo3/sysext/core/Documentation/Changelog/master/Deprecation-68748-DeprecateAbstractContentObjectgetContentObject.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..669f21b95e1bf270f72babf5de3de0e24c2b3126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Documentation/Changelog/master/Deprecation-68748-DeprecateAbstractContentObjectgetContentObject.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+=========================================================================
+Deprecation: #68748 - Deprecate AbstractContentObject::getContentObject()
+=========================================================================
+
+Description
+===========
+
+The method is renamed to getContentObjectRenderer(). The old method name is still present as a
+deprecated alias, which will be removed in TYPO3 v10.
+
+
+Impact
+======
+
+All method calls to getContentObject() must be changed to getContentObjectRenderer() until TYPO3 v9.
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/frontend/Classes/ContentObject/AbstractContentObject.php b/typo3/sysext/frontend/Classes/ContentObject/AbstractContentObject.php
index 120b2b1a7c9416ddaa535f86170fdbc4de2bef51..4fd1eb9eb1d80d159ab3a0628789288d7d34e2ca 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/frontend/Classes/ContentObject/AbstractContentObject.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/frontend/Classes/ContentObject/AbstractContentObject.php
@@ -51,11 +51,23 @@ abstract class AbstractContentObject
     abstract public function render($conf = array());
 
     /**
-     * Getter for current cObj
+     * Getter for current ContentObjectRenderer
      *
      * @return ContentObjectRenderer
+     * @deprecated since TYPO3 v8, will be removed with TYPO3 v9. Use getContentObjectRenderer() instead.
      */
     public function getContentObject()
+    {
+        GeneralUtility::logDeprecatedFunction();
+        return $this->getContentObjectRenderer();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Getter for current ContentObjectRenderer
+     *
+     * @return ContentObjectRenderer
+     */
+    public function getContentObjectRenderer()
     {
         return $this->cObj;
     }
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/frontend/Tests/Unit/ContentObject/FluidTemplateContentObjectTest.php b/typo3/sysext/frontend/Tests/Unit/ContentObject/FluidTemplateContentObjectTest.php
index c4c3727e8bac2c10a31e1d5a8c98b9407f60b3e3..479a0d877f84f0e024e228e2ccac44b84dbc665e 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/frontend/Tests/Unit/ContentObject/FluidTemplateContentObjectTest.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/frontend/Tests/Unit/ContentObject/FluidTemplateContentObjectTest.php
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class FluidTemplateContentObjectTest extends \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Tests\UnitTestCase
      */
     public function constructSetsContentObjectRenderer()
     {
-        $this->assertSame($this->contentObjectRenderer, $this->subject->getContentObject());
+        $this->assertSame($this->contentObjectRenderer, $this->subject->getContentObjectRenderer());
     }
 
     /**