diff --git a/src/urllib3/util/ssl_.py b/src/urllib3/util/ssl_.py
index 8495b7753d..5b363d7f9e 100644
--- a/src/urllib3/util/ssl_.py
+++ b/src/urllib3/util/ssl_.py
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ def resolve_cert_reqs(candidate):
     """
     Resolves the argument to a numeric constant, which can be passed to
     the wrap_socket function/method from the ssl module.
-    Defaults to :data:`ssl.CERT_NONE`.
+    Defaults to :data:`ssl.CERT_REQUIRED`.
     If given a string it is assumed to be the name of the constant in the
     :mod:`ssl` module or its abbreviation.
     (So you can specify `REQUIRED` instead of `CERT_REQUIRED`.