diff --git a/docs/releases/1.8.txt b/docs/releases/1.8.txt
index a8a466f845..4c342f863d 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.8.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.8.txt
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ Minor features
   and :meth:`~django.contrib.auth.models.User.has_module_perms`
   to short-circuit permission checking.
 * :class:`~django.contrib.auth.forms.PasswordResetForm` now
-  has a method :meth:`~django.contrib.auth.forms.PasswordResetForm.send_email`
+  has a method :meth:`~django.contrib.auth.forms.PasswordResetForm.send_mail`
   that can be overridden to customize the mail to be sent.
 
 * The ``max_length`` of :attr:`Permission.name
diff --git a/docs/topics/auth/default.txt b/docs/topics/auth/default.txt
index 72f838e771..2ced0d4813 100644
--- a/docs/topics/auth/default.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/auth/default.txt
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ provides several built-in forms located in :mod:`django.contrib.auth.forms`:
     A form for generating and emailing a one-time use link to reset a
     user's password.
 
-    .. method:: send_email(subject_template_name, email_template_name, context, from_email, to_email, html_email_template_name=None)
+    .. method:: send_mail(subject_template_name, email_template_name, context, from_email, to_email, html_email_template_name=None)
 
         .. versionadded:: 1.8