diff --git a/docs/ref/utils.txt b/docs/ref/utils.txt
index ce3a4cba03..0c296f8d55 100644
--- a/docs/ref/utils.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/utils.txt
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ The functions defined in this module share the following properties:
 
     .. deprecated:: 3.0
 
-    Alias of :func:`force_str` for backwards compatibility, especially in code
+    Alias of :func:`smart_str` for backwards compatibility, especially in code
     that supports Python 2.
 
 .. function:: force_text(s, encoding='utf-8', strings_only=False, errors='strict')