diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/authentication/events.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/authentication/events.adoc
index edb8b5146b..f41ac3ef3e 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/authentication/events.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/authentication/events.adoc
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ Java::
 @Bean
 public AuthenticationEventPublisher authenticationEventPublisher
         (ApplicationEventPublisher applicationEventPublisher) {
-    AuthenticationEventPublisher authenticationEventPublisher =
+    DefaultAuthenticationEventPublisher authenticationEventPublisher =
         new DefaultAuthenticationEventPublisher(applicationEventPublisher);
     authenticationEventPublisher.setDefaultAuthenticationFailureEvent
         (GenericAuthenticationFailureEvent.class);