diff --git a/docs/source/common/trainer.rst b/docs/source/common/trainer.rst
index d88b327a0944f..17cfc7eccbc20 100644
--- a/docs/source/common/trainer.rst
+++ b/docs/source/common/trainer.rst
@@ -254,10 +254,10 @@ You can also modify hardware behavior by subclassing an existing accelerator to
 
 Example::
 
-    class MyOwnDDP(DDPAccelerator):
+    class MyOwnAcc(Accelerator):
         ...
 
-    Trainer(accelerator=MyOwnDDP())
+    Trainer(accelerator=MyOwnAcc())
 
 .. warning:: Passing in custom accelerators is experimental but work is in progress to enable full compatibility.