diff --git a/docs/advanced/authentication.md b/docs/advanced/authentication.md
index 63d26e5f46..c9aeffca17 100644
--- a/docs/advanced/authentication.md
+++ b/docs/advanced/authentication.md
@@ -228,5 +228,5 @@ class MyCustomAuth(httpx.Auth):
         yield request
 
     async def async_auth_flow(self, request):
-        raise RuntimeError("Cannot use a sync authentication class with httpx.AsyncClient")
+        raise RuntimeError("Cannot use async authentication class with httpx.AsyncClient")
 ```
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