diff --git a/Doc/library/hmac.rst b/Doc/library/hmac.rst
index dc994b07c35c007..76cd748f2fb75dc 100644
--- a/Doc/library/hmac.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/hmac.rst
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ This module implements the HMAC algorithm as described by :rfc:`2104`.
       Parameter *msg* can be of any type supported by :mod:`hashlib`.
       Parameter *digestmod* can be the name of a hash algorithm.
 
-   .. deprecated-removed:: 3.4 3.8
-      MD5 as implicit default digest for *digestmod* is deprecated.
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.8
+      Parameter *digestmod* is required.
 
 
 .. function:: digest(key, msg, digest)
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ A hash object has the following attributes:
 
 .. attribute:: HMAC.name
 
-   The canonical name of this HMAC, always lowercase, e.g. ``hmac-md5``.
+   The canonical name of this HMAC, always lowercase, e.g. ``hmac-sha256``.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.4