diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/httpauth.py b/scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/httpauth.py
index 493a4cf6f..19fc303b5 100644
--- a/scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/httpauth.py
+++ b/scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/httpauth.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import warnings
 from scrapy.exceptions import ScrapyDeprecationWarning
 warnings.warn("Module `scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.httpauth` is deprecated, "
-              "use `scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpauth` instead",
+              "use `scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.auth` instead",
               ScrapyDeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
 
-from scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.auth import AuthMiddleware as HttpAuthMiddleware
+from scrapy.utils.deprecate import create_deprecated_class
+from scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.auth import AuthMiddleware
+
+HttpAuthMiddleware = create_deprecated_class('HttpAuthMiddleware', AuthMiddleware)
diff --git a/scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/httpauth.py b/scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/httpauth.py
index 78adc8706..12b4372e5 100644
--- a/scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/httpauth.py
+++ b/scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/httpauth.py
@@ -4,4 +4,7 @@ warnings.warn("Module `scrapy.downloadermiddleware.httpauth` is deprecated, "
               "use `scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.auth` instead",
               ScrapyDeprecationWarning)
 
-from scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.auth import AuthMiddleware as HttpAuthMiddleware
+from scrapy.utils.deprecate import create_deprecated_class
+from scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.auth import AuthMiddleware
+
+HttpAuthMiddleware = create_deprecated_class('HttpAuthMiddleware', AuthMiddleware)