diff --git a/docs/plugins/development.md b/docs/plugins/development.md
index 3b75a8145..1599a8c53 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/development.md
+++ b/docs/plugins/development.md
@@ -281,14 +281,14 @@ With these three components in place, we can request `/api/plugins/animal-sounds
 
 ## Navigation Menu Items
 
-To make its views easily accessible to users, a plugin can inject items in NetBox's navigation menu under the "Plugins" header. Menu items are added by defining a list of PluginNavMenuLink instances. By default, this should be a variable named `menu_items` in the file `navigation.py`. An example is shown below.
+To make its views easily accessible to users, a plugin can inject items in NetBox's navigation menu under the "Plugins" header. Menu items are added by defining a list of PluginMenuItem instances. By default, this should be a variable named `menu_items` in the file `navigation.py`. An example is shown below.
 
 ```python
-from extras.plugins import PluginNavMenuButton, PluginNavMenuLink
+from extras.plugins import PluginNavMenuButton, PluginMenuItem
 from utilities.choices import ButtonColorChoices
 
 menu_items = (
-    PluginNavMenuLink(
+    PluginMenuItem(
         link='plugins:netbox_animal_sounds:random_sound',
         link_text='Random sound',
         buttons=(
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ menu_items = (
 )
 ```
 
-A `PluginNavMenuLink` has the following attributes:
+A `PluginMenuItem` has the following attributes:
 
 * `link` - The name of the URL path to which this menu item links
 * `link_text` - The text presented to the user
diff --git a/netbox/extras/plugins/__init__.py b/netbox/extras/plugins/__init__.py
index c2235c0c6..4891dce4c 100644
--- a/netbox/extras/plugins/__init__.py
+++ b/netbox/extras/plugins/__init__.py
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def register_template_content_classes(class_list):
 # Navigation menu links
 #
 
-class PluginNavMenuLink:
+class PluginMenuItem:
     """
     This class represents a nav menu item. This constitutes primary link and its text, but also allows for
     specifying additional link buttons that appear to the right of the item in the van menu.
@@ -189,12 +189,12 @@ class PluginNavMenuButton:
 
 def register_menu_items(section_name, class_list):
     """
-    Register a list of PluginNavMenuLink instances for a given menu section (e.g. plugin name)
+    Register a list of PluginMenuItem instances for a given menu section (e.g. plugin name)
     """
     # Validation
     for menu_link in class_list:
-        if not isinstance(menu_link, PluginNavMenuLink):
-            raise TypeError(f"{menu_link} must be an instance of extras.plugins.PluginNavMenuLink")
+        if not isinstance(menu_link, PluginMenuItem):
+            raise TypeError(f"{menu_link} must be an instance of extras.plugins.PluginMenuItem")
         for button in menu_link.buttons:
             if not isinstance(button, PluginNavMenuButton):
                 raise TypeError(f"{button} must be an instance of extras.plugins.PluginNavMenuButton")