diff --git a/docs/changes/contributors.inc b/docs/changes/contributors.inc
index 4e81f0aa2..004c13c22 100644
--- a/docs/changes/contributors.inc
+++ b/docs/changes/contributors.inc
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 .. _Sami Hamdan: https://github.com/samihamdan
 .. _Nicolas Nieto: https://github.com/N-Nieto
 .. _Felix Hoffstaedter: https://github.com/FeHoff
+.. _Tobias Muganga: https://github.com/tomug
diff --git a/docs/changes/newsfragments/291.doc b/docs/changes/newsfragments/291.doc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..815e34b20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changes/newsfragments/291.doc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed typo in code example for adding masks from "register_custom_mask" to "register_mask" by `Tobias Muganga`_
diff --git a/docs/extending/masks.rst b/docs/extending/masks.rst
index 02657b098..cee1ffdfc 100644
--- a/docs/extending/masks.rst
+++ b/docs/extending/masks.rst
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ look as follows:
 
   from pathlib import Path
 
-  from junifer.data import register_custom_mask
+  from junifer.data import register_mask
 
 
   # this path is only an example, of course use the correct path