diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
index db75f69a0d007d..f9387c07e18c14 100644
--- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ find and load modules.
 .. class:: WindowsRegistryFinder
 
    :term:`Finder` for modules declared in the Windows registry.  This class
-   implements the :class:`importlib.abc.Finder` ABC.
+   implements the :class:`importlib.abc.MetaPathFinder` ABC.
 
    Only class methods are defined by this class to alleviate the need for
    instantiation.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2018-03-11-00-16-56.bpo-27428.B7A8FT.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2018-03-11-00-16-56.bpo-27428.B7A8FT.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c9ac8e22df0855
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+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2018-03-11-00-16-56.bpo-27428.B7A8FT.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Update documentation to clarify that ``WindowsRegistryFinder`` implements
+``MetaPathFinder``. (Patch by Himanshu Lakhara)