diff --git a/scrapy/http/request/__init__.py b/scrapy/http/request/__init__.py
index 75dd2a74f..7afb28db5 100644
--- a/scrapy/http/request/__init__.py
+++ b/scrapy/http/request/__init__.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def NO_CALLBACK(*args, **kwargs):
 
     This value should be used by :ref:`components <topics-components>` that
     create and handle their own requests, e.g. through
-    :meth:`scrapy.core.engine.ExecutionEngine.download`, so that download
+    :meth:`scrapy.core.engine.ExecutionEngine.download`, so that downloader
     middlewares handling such requests can treat them differently from requests
     intended for the :meth:`~scrapy.Spider.parse` callback.
     """