diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/authentication/events.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/authentication/events.adoc
index 59ad12f0d9..0895f53b04 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/authentication/events.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/authentication/events.adoc
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public AuthenticationEventPublisher authenticationEventPublisher
     Map<Class<? extends AuthenticationException>,
         Class<? extends AbstractAuthenticationFailureEvent>> mapping =
             Collections.singletonMap(FooException.class, FooEvent.class);
-    AuthenticationEventPublisher authenticationEventPublisher =
+    DefaultAuthenticationEventPublisher authenticationEventPublisher =
         new DefaultAuthenticationEventPublisher(applicationEventPublisher);
     authenticationEventPublisher.setAdditionalExceptionMappings(mapping);
     return authenticationEventPublisher;