diff --git a/docs/providers.rst b/docs/providers.rst
index 77a6b2d076..0a32e57579 100644
--- a/docs/providers.rst
+++ b/docs/providers.rst
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ WebsocketProvider
     use the ``websocket_kwargs`` to do so.  See the `websockets documentation`_ for
     available arguments.
 
-    .. _`websockets documentation`: https://websockets.readthedocs.io/en/stable/api.html#websockets.protocol.WebSocketCommonProtocol
+    .. _`websockets documentation`: https://websockets.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference/client.html#websockets.client.WebSocketClientProtocol
 
     Unlike HTTP connections, the timeout for WS connections is controlled by a
     separate ``websocket_timeout`` argument, as shown below.
diff --git a/newsfragments/2173.doc.rst b/newsfragments/2173.doc.rst
new file mode 100644
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Correct link to Websocket library documentation