diff --git a/docs/releases/1.8.txt b/docs/releases/1.8.txt
index 94eff8f92d5..d6ae31ef9bd 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.8.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.8.txt
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ 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 512aff0f078..40b91da7316 100644
--- a/docs/topics/auth/default.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/auth/default.txt
@@ -1452,7 +1452,7 @@ 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)
 
         Uses the arguments to send an ``EmailMultiAlternatives``.
         Can be overridden to customize how the email is sent to the user.