diff --git a/src/mkdocs_autorefs/references.py b/src/mkdocs_autorefs/references.py
index 2fe1d6a..fc39810 100644
--- a/src/mkdocs_autorefs/references.py
+++ b/src/mkdocs_autorefs/references.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import logging
 import re
+import warnings
 from html import escape, unescape
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, ClassVar, Match
 from urllib.parse import urlsplit
@@ -29,6 +30,14 @@
     # TODO: remove once support for MkDocs <1.5 is dropped
     log = logging.getLogger(f"mkdocs.plugins.{__name__}")  # type: ignore[assignment]
 
+
+def __getattr__(name: str) -> Any:
+    if name == "AutoRefInlineProcessor":
+        warnings.warn("AutoRefInlineProcessor was renamed AutorefsInlineProcessor", DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+        return AutorefsInlineProcessor
+    raise AttributeError(f"module 'mkdocs_autorefs.references' has no attribute {name}")
+
+
 _ATTR_VALUE = r'"[^"<>]+"|[^"<> ]+'  # Possibly with double quotes around
 AUTO_REF_RE = re.compile(
     rf"<span data-(?P<kind>autorefs-(?:identifier|optional|optional-hover))=(?P<identifier>{_ATTR_VALUE})"
@@ -40,8 +49,8 @@
 """
 
 
-class AutoRefInlineProcessor(ReferenceInlineProcessor):
-    """A Markdown extension."""
+class AutorefsInlineProcessor(ReferenceInlineProcessor):
+    """A Markdown extension to handle inline references."""
 
     name: str = "mkdocs-autorefs"
 
@@ -292,7 +301,13 @@ def flush(self, alias_to: str | None = None) -> None:
 
 
 class AutorefsExtension(Extension):
-    """Extension that inserts auto-references in Markdown."""
+    """Markdown extension that transforms unresolved references into auto-references.
+
+    Auto-references are then resolved later by the MkDocs plugin.
+
+    This extension also scans Markdown anchors (`[](){#some-id}`)
+    to register them with the MkDocs plugin.
+    """
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -311,7 +326,7 @@ def __init__(
     def extendMarkdown(self, md: Markdown) -> None:  # noqa: N802 (casing: parent method's name)
         """Register the extension.
 
-        Add an instance of our [`AutoRefInlineProcessor`][mkdocs_autorefs.references.AutoRefInlineProcessor] to the Markdown parser.
+        Add an instance of our [`AutorefsInlineProcessor`][mkdocs_autorefs.references.AutorefsInlineProcessor] to the Markdown parser.
         Also optionally add an instance of our [`AnchorScannerTreeProcessor`][mkdocs_autorefs.references.AnchorScannerTreeProcessor]
         to the Markdown parser if a reference to the autorefs plugin was passed to this extension.
 
@@ -319,8 +334,8 @@ def extendMarkdown(self, md: Markdown) -> None:  # noqa: N802 (casing: parent me
             md: A `markdown.Markdown` instance.
         """
         md.inlinePatterns.register(
-            AutoRefInlineProcessor(md),
-            AutoRefInlineProcessor.name,
+            AutorefsInlineProcessor(md),
+            AutorefsInlineProcessor.name,
             priority=168,  # Right after markdown.inlinepatterns.ReferenceInlineProcessor
         )
         if self.plugin is not None and self.plugin.scan_toc and "attr_list" in md.treeprocessors: