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diff --git a/docs/password_auth_providers.rst b/docs/password_auth_providers.rst
index 2842d187e5..d8a7b61cdc 100644
--- a/docs/password_auth_providers.rst
+++ b/docs/password_auth_providers.rst
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Password auth provider classes must provide the following methods:
 *class* ``SomeProvider``\(*config*, *account_handler*)
 
     The constructor is passed the config object returned by ``parse_config``,
-    and a ``synapse.handlers.auth._AccountHandler`` object which allows the
+    and a ``synapse.module_api.ModuleApi`` object which allows the
     password provider to check if accounts exist and/or create new ones.
 
 Optional methods