diff --git a/docs/hazmat/bindings/index.rst b/docs/hazmat/backends/index.rst
similarity index 93%
rename from docs/hazmat/bindings/index.rst
rename to docs/hazmat/backends/index.rst
index 746f459..a89cf0d 100644
--- a/docs/hazmat/bindings/index.rst
+++ b/docs/hazmat/backends/index.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 Getting a Backend Provider
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. currentmodule:: cryptography.hazmat.bindings
+.. currentmodule:: cryptography.hazmat.backends
 
 ``cryptography`` aims to support multiple backends to ensure it can provide
 the widest number of supported cryptographic algorithms as well as supporting
diff --git a/docs/hazmat/bindings/interfaces.rst b/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst
similarity index 98%
rename from docs/hazmat/bindings/interfaces.rst
rename to docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst
index 711c82c..b524943 100644
--- a/docs/hazmat/bindings/interfaces.rst
+++ b/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Backend Interfaces
 ==================
 
-.. currentmodule:: cryptography.hazmat.bindings.interfaces
+.. currentmodule:: cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces
 
 
 Backend implementations may provide a number of interfaces to support operations
diff --git a/docs/hazmat/bindings/openssl.rst b/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst
similarity index 90%
rename from docs/hazmat/bindings/openssl.rst
rename to docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst
index d6bfa67..12fbff0 100644
--- a/docs/hazmat/bindings/openssl.rst
+++ b/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 These are `CFFI`_ bindings to the `OpenSSL`_ C library.
 
-.. data:: cryptography.hazmat.bindings.openssl.backend
+.. data:: cryptography.hazmat.backends.openssl.backend
 
     This is the exposed API for the OpenSSL bindings. It has two public
     attributes:
diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/cryptographic-hashes.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/cryptographic-hashes.rst
index 312d7e6..90ca198 100644
--- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/cryptographic-hashes.rst
+++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/cryptographic-hashes.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
     .. doctest::
 
-        >>> from cryptography.hazmat.bindings import default_backend
+        >>> from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
         >>> from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes
         >>> digest = hashes.Hash(hashes.SHA256(), backend=default_backend())
         >>> digest.update(b"abc")
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         provider such as those described in
         :ref:`below <cryptographic-hash-algorithms>`.
     :param backend: A
-        :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.bindings.interfaces.HashBackend`
+        :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.HashBackend`
         provider.
 
     .. method:: update(data)
diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/hmac.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/hmac.rst
index db5e98d..0c0d022 100644
--- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/hmac.rst
+++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/hmac.rst
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
     .. doctest::
 
-        >>> from cryptography.hazmat.bindings import default_backend
+        >>> from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
         >>> from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes, hmac
         >>> h = hmac.HMAC(key, hashes.SHA256(), backend=default_backend())
         >>> h.update(b"message to hash")
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         provider such as those described in
         :ref:`Cryptographic Hashes <cryptographic-hash-algorithms>`.
     :param backend: A
-        :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.bindings.interfaces.HMACBackend`
+        :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.HMACBackend`
         provider.
 
     .. method:: update(msg)
diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption.rst
index ef6f087..9fccf55 100644
--- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption.rst
+++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption.rst
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     .. doctest::
 
         >>> from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.ciphers import Cipher, algorithms, modes
-        >>> from cryptography.hazmat.bindings import default_backend
+        >>> from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
         >>> backend = default_backend()
         >>> cipher = Cipher(algorithms.AES(key), modes.CBC(iv), backend=backend)
         >>> encryptor = cipher.encryptor()
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         provider such as those described
         :ref:`below <symmetric-encryption-modes>`.
     :param backend: A
-        :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.bindings.interfaces.CipherBackend`
+        :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.CipherBackend`
         provider.
 
     .. method:: encryptor()
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
     .. doctest::
 
         >>> from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.ciphers import Cipher, algorithms, modes
-        >>> from cryptography.hazmat.bindings import default_backend
+        >>> from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
         >>> algorithm = algorithms.ARC4(key)
         >>> cipher = Cipher(algorithm, mode=None, backend=default_backend())
         >>> encryptor = cipher.encryptor()
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@
     .. doctest::
 
         >>> from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.ciphers import Cipher, algorithms, modes
-        >>> from cryptography.hazmat.bindings import default_backend
+        >>> from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
         >>> cipher = Cipher(algorithms.AES(key), modes.GCM(iv), backend=default_backend())
         >>> encryptor = cipher.encryptor()
         >>> encryptor.authenticate_additional_data(b"authenticated but not encrypted payload")