diff --git a/src/trio/_ssl.py b/src/trio/_ssl.py
index 7ed873b54..8d06297ea 100644
--- a/src/trio/_ssl.py
+++ b/src/trio/_ssl.py
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ async def wait_send_all_might_not_block(self) -> None:
 
 
 # this is necessary for Sphinx, see also `_abc.py`
-SSLStream.__module__ = SSLStream.__module__.replace("_ssl", "ssl")
+SSLStream.__module__ = SSLStream.__module__.replace("._ssl", "")
 
 
 @final