diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 32fecb97c..ef0230a39 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ### Changed
 
 - Allow object ID as input for getting APILayoutStrategy hrefs and add `items`, `collections`, `search`, `conformance`, `service_desc` and `service_doc` href methods. ([#1335](https://github.com/stac-utils/pystac/pull/1335))
+- Update docstring of `name` argument to `Classification.apply` and `Classification.create` to agree with extension specification. ([#1356](https://github.com/stac-utils/pystac/pull/1356))
 
 ## [v1.10.1] - 2024-05-03
 
diff --git a/pystac/extensions/classification.py b/pystac/extensions/classification.py
index 31d98d47c..64e8187bd 100644
--- a/pystac/extensions/classification.py
+++ b/pystac/extensions/classification.py
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ def apply(
         Args:
             value: The integer value corresponding to this class
             description: The description of this class
-            name: The optional human-readable short name for this class
+            name: Short name of the class for machine readability. Must consist only
+                of letters, numbers, -, and _ characters.
             color_hint: An optional hexadecimal string-encoded representation of the
                 RGB color that is suggested to represent this class (six hexadecimal
                 characters, all capitalized)
@@ -103,7 +104,8 @@ def create(
 
         Args:
             value: The integer value corresponding to this class
-            name: The human-readable short name for this class
+            name: Short name of the class for machine readability. Must consist only
+                of letters, numbers, -, and _ characters.
             description: The optional long-form description of this class
             color_hint: An optional hexadecimal string-encoded representation of the
                 RGB color that is suggested to represent this class (six hexadecimal