diff --git a/docs/topics/spider-middleware.rst b/docs/topics/spider-middleware.rst
index 93878943c83..173c4a80c3b 100644
--- a/docs/topics/spider-middleware.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/spider-middleware.rst
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ following methods:
           :class:`~scrapy.item.Item` objects
 
         :param spider: the spider whose result is being processed
-        :type spider: :class:`~scrapy.item.Spider` object
+        :type spider: :class:`~scrapy.spider.Spider` object
 
 
     .. method:: process_spider_exception(response, exception, spider)
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ following methods:
         :type start_requests: an iterable of :class:`~scrapy.http.Request`
 
         :param spider: the spider to whom the start requests belong
-        :type spider: :class:`~scrapy.item.Spider` object
+        :type spider: :class:`~scrapy.spider.Spider` object
 
 
 .. _Exception: http://docs.python.org/library/exceptions.html#exceptions.Exception