diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt
index e0e7804912..635323c483 100644
--- a/docs/ref/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ SESSION_ENGINE
 .. versionadded:: 1.0
 
 .. versionchanged:: 1.1
-   The ``cache_db`` backend was added
+   The ``cached_db`` backend was added
 
 Default: ``django.contrib.sessions.backends.db``
 
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ Controls where Django stores session data. Valid values are:
     * ``'django.contrib.sessions.backends.db'``
     * ``'django.contrib.sessions.backends.file'``
     * ``'django.contrib.sessions.backends.cache'``
-    * ``'django.contrib.sessions.backends.cache_db'``
+    * ``'django.contrib.sessions.backends.cached_db'``
 
 See :ref:`topics-http-sessions`.
 
diff --git a/docs/topics/http/sessions.txt b/docs/topics/http/sessions.txt
index e5ff3fb965..78589c97e5 100644
--- a/docs/topics/http/sessions.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/http/sessions.txt
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ SESSION_ENGINE
 .. versionadded:: 1.0
 
 .. versionchanged:: 1.1
-   The ``cache_db`` backend was added
+   The ``cached_db`` backend was added
 
 Default: ``django.contrib.sessions.backends.db``
 
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ Controls where Django stores session data. Valid values are:
     * ``'django.contrib.sessions.backends.db'``
     * ``'django.contrib.sessions.backends.file'``
     * ``'django.contrib.sessions.backends.cache'``
-    * ``'django.contrib.sessions.backends.cache_db'``
+    * ``'django.contrib.sessions.backends.cached_db'``
 
 See `configuring the session engine`_ for more details.