diff --git a/spacy/it/__init__.py b/spacy/it/__init__.py
index b5e5487dd..6f18deb10 100644
--- a/spacy/it/__init__.py
+++ b/spacy/it/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from ..attrs import LANG
 from . import language_data
 
 
-class German(Language):
+class Italian(Language):
     lang = 'it'
     
     class Defaults(Language.Defaults):