diff --git a/docs/source/settings.rst b/docs/source/settings.rst
index e1e91fa7..ff91edf5 100644
--- a/docs/source/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/source/settings.rst
@@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ change the worker process user.
 Switch worker process to run as this group.
 
 A valid group id (as an integer) or the name of a user that can be
-retrieved with a call to ``pwd.getgrnam(value)`` or ``None`` to not
+retrieved with a call to ``grp.getgrnam(value)`` or ``None`` to not
 change the worker processes group.
 
 .. _umask: