diff --git a/doc/developers/index.rst b/doc/developers/index.rst
index c6f969f084e796409eca90a99df7b0df8cc95b1e..f818f7a7723bbf5e6a72a87a322914b747975479 100644
--- a/doc/developers/index.rst
+++ b/doc/developers/index.rst
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ data-independent parameters (overriding previous parameter values passed
 to ``__init__``). This method is not required for an object to be an
 estimator.
 
-All estimators should inherit from ``scikit.learn.base.BaseEstimator``.
+All estimators should inherit from ``sklearn.base.BaseEstimator``.
 
 Instantiation
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^