diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/messages.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/messages.txt
index 223a162830..3227645915 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/messages.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/messages.txt
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ This sets the minimum message that will be saved in the message storage. See
 MESSAGE_STORAGE
 ---------------
 
-Default: ``'django.contrib.messages.storage.user_messages.FallbackStorage'``
+Default: ``'django.contrib.messages.storage.fallback.FallbackStorage'``
 
 Controls where Django stores message data. Valid values are:
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt
index 8845b170c6..34664822b5 100644
--- a/docs/ref/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt
@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@ MESSAGE_STORAGE
 
 .. versionadded:: 1.2
 
-Default: ``'django.contrib.messages.storage.user_messages.LegacyFallbackStorage'``
+Default: ``'django.contrib.messages.storage.fallback.FallbackStorage'``
 
 Controls where Django stores message data.  See the
 :doc:`messages documentation </ref/contrib/messages>` for more details.