diff --git a/go-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/performance.adoc b/go-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/performance.adoc
index 6ec1f2ce..de1cc077 100644
--- a/go-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/performance.adoc
+++ b/go-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/performance.adoc
@@ -475,10 +475,8 @@ result, err := session.Run(ctx,
 numbers := make([]int, 10000)
 for i := range numbers { numbers[i] = i }
 neo4j.ExecuteQuery(ctx, driver, `
-    WITH $numbers AS batch
-    UNWIND batch AS value
-    MERGE (n:Number)
-    SET n.value = value
+    UNWIND $numbers AS node
+    MERGE (n:Number {value: node.value})
     `, map[string]any{
         "numbers": numbers,
     }, neo4j.EagerResultTransformer,
diff --git a/java-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/performance.adoc b/java-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/performance.adoc
index 576befd2..0b8d61bb 100644
--- a/java-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/performance.adoc
+++ b/java-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/performance.adoc
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ for (int i=start; i<=end; i++) {
 
 driver.executableQuery("""
     UNWIND $numbers AS node
-    CREATE (:Number {value: node.value})
+    MERGE (:Number {value: node.value})
     """)
     .withParameters(Map.of("numbers", numbers))
     .withConfig(QueryConfig.builder().withDatabase("neo4j").build())
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ driver.executableQuery("""
 [source, java]
 ----
 for (int i=1; i<=10000; i++) {
-driver.executableQuery("CREATE (:Number {value: $value})")
+driver.executableQuery("MERGE (:Number {value: $value})")
     .withParameters(Map.of("value", i))
     .withConfig(QueryConfig.builder().withDatabase("neo4j").build())
     .execute();
diff --git a/javascript-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/performance.adoc b/javascript-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/performance.adoc
index 04feddeb..5167f1b0 100644
--- a/javascript-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/performance.adoc
+++ b/javascript-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/performance.adoc
@@ -261,8 +261,7 @@ for(let i=0; i<10000; i++) {
   numbers.push({value: Math.random()})
 }
 await driver.executeQuery(`
-    WITH $numbers AS batch
-    UNWIND batch AS node
+    UNWIND $numbers AS node
     MERGE (n:Number {value: node.value})
     `, { numbers: numbers }
 )
diff --git a/python-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/performance.adoc b/python-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/performance.adoc
index d6e82bf5..5ce4111b 100644
--- a/python-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/performance.adoc
+++ b/python-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/performance.adoc
@@ -389,10 +389,8 @@ with driver.session(database="<DB NAME>") as session:
 ----
 numbers = [{"value": random()} for _ in range(10000)]
 driver.execute_query("""
-    WITH $numbers AS batch
-    UNWIND batch AS node
-    MERGE (n:Number)
-    SET n.value = node.value
+    UNWIND $numbers AS node
+    MERGE (n:Number {value: node.value})
     """, numbers=numbers,
 )
 ----