diff --git a/docs/authentication.txt b/docs/authentication.txt
index a05624db68..589e8c9f1b 100644
--- a/docs/authentication.txt
+++ b/docs/authentication.txt
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ the setting and checking of these values behind the scenes.
 
 Previous Django versions, such as 0.90, used simple MD5 hashes without password
 salts. For backwards compatibility, those are still supported; they'll be
-converted automatically to the new style the first time ``check_password()``
+converted automatically to the new style the first time ``User.check_password()``
 works correctly for a given user.
 
 Anonymous users