diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/FieldableDatabaseStorageController.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/FieldableDatabaseStorageController.php
index d82c8cf56026..67923b440dd3 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/FieldableDatabaseStorageController.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/FieldableDatabaseStorageController.php
@@ -611,13 +611,16 @@ class FieldableDatabaseStorageController extends FieldableEntityStorageControlle
           ->execute();
       }
 
+      foreach ($entities as $entity) {
+        $this->invokeFieldMethod('delete', $entity);
+        $this->deleteFieldItems($entity);
+      }
+
       // Reset the cache as soon as the changes have been applied.
       $this->resetCache($ids);
 
       $entity_class::postDelete($this, $entities);
       foreach ($entities as $entity) {
-        $this->invokeFieldMethod('delete', $entity);
-        $this->deleteFieldItems($entity);
         $this->invokeHook('delete', $entity);
       }
       // Ignore slave server temporarily.
@@ -669,11 +672,11 @@ class FieldableDatabaseStorageController extends FieldableEntityStorageControlle
         if ($this->revisionDataTable) {
           $this->savePropertyData($entity, 'revision_data_table');
         }
-        $this->resetCache(array($entity->id()));
         $entity->setNewRevision(FALSE);
-        $entity->postSave($this, TRUE);
         $this->invokeFieldMethod('update', $entity);
         $this->saveFieldItems($entity, TRUE);
+        $this->resetCache(array($entity->id()));
+        $entity->postSave($this, TRUE);
         $this->invokeHook('update', $entity);
         if ($this->dataTable) {
           $this->invokeTranslationHooks($entity);
@@ -696,13 +699,13 @@ class FieldableDatabaseStorageController extends FieldableEntityStorageControlle
           $this->savePropertyData($entity, 'revision_data_table');
         }
 
-        // Reset general caches, but keep caches specific to certain entities.
-        $this->resetCache(array());
 
         $entity->enforceIsNew(FALSE);
-        $entity->postSave($this, FALSE);
         $this->invokeFieldMethod('insert', $entity);
         $this->saveFieldItems($entity, FALSE);
+        // Reset general caches, but keep caches specific to certain entities.
+        $this->resetCache(array());
+        $entity->postSave($this, FALSE);
         $this->invokeHook('insert', $entity);
       }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/system/entity.api.php b/core/modules/system/entity.api.php
index c44b4fda0806..3cf953526ed1 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/entity.api.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/entity.api.php
@@ -287,7 +287,10 @@ function hook_entity_presave(Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Act on entities when inserted.
+ * Respond to creation of a new entity.
+ *
+ * This hook runs once the entity has been stored. Note that hook
+ * implementations may not alter the stored entity data.
  *
  * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity
  *   The entity object.
@@ -305,7 +308,10 @@ function hook_entity_insert(Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Act on entities when updated.
+ * Respond to updates to an entity.
+ *
+ * This hook runs once the entity storage has been updated. Note that hook
+ * implementations may not alter the stored entity data.
  *
  * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity
  *   The entity object.
@@ -322,7 +328,10 @@ function hook_entity_update(Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Acts after storing a new entity translation.
+ * Respond to creation of a new entity translation.
+ *
+ * This hook runs once the entity translation has been stored. Note that hook
+ * implementations may not alter the stored entity translation data.
  *
  * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $translation
  *   The entity object of the translation just stored.
@@ -336,7 +345,9 @@ function hook_entity_translation_insert(\Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $tra
 }
 
 /**
- * Acts after deleting an entity translation from the storage.
+ * Respond to entity translation deletion.
+ *
+ * This hook runs once the entity translation has been deleted from storage.
  *
  * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity
  *   The original entity object.
@@ -353,8 +364,6 @@ function hook_entity_translation_delete(\Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $tra
 /**
  * Act before entity deletion.
  *
- * This hook runs after the entity type-specific predelete hook.
- *
  * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity
  *   The entity object for the entity that is about to be deleted.
  */
@@ -382,7 +391,7 @@ function hook_entity_predelete(Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity) {
 /**
  * Respond to entity deletion.
  *
- * This hook runs after the entity type-specific delete hook.
+ * This hook runs once the entity has been deleted from the storage.
  *
  * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity
  *   The entity object for the entity that has been deleted.
@@ -398,7 +407,7 @@ function hook_entity_delete(Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity) {
 /**
  * Respond to entity revision deletion.
  *
- * This hook runs after the entity type-specific revision delete hook.
+ * This hook runs once the entity revision has been deleted from the storage.
  *
  * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity
  *   The entity object for the entity revision that has been deleted.