diff --git a/docs/src/userguide/plotting_a_cube.rst b/docs/src/userguide/plotting_a_cube.rst
index e2075a6107..cfb3445d9b 100644
--- a/docs/src/userguide/plotting_a_cube.rst
+++ b/docs/src/userguide/plotting_a_cube.rst
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ Plotting 2-Dimensional Cubes
 Creating Maps
 -------------
 Whenever a 2D plot is created using an :class:`iris.coord_systems.CoordSystem`,
-a cartopy :class:`~cartopy.mpl.GeoAxes` instance is created, which can be
+a cartopy :class:`~cartopy.mpl.geoaxes.GeoAxes` instance is created, which can be
 accessed with the :func:`matplotlib.pyplot.gca` function.
 
 Given the current map, you can draw gridlines and coastlines amongst other 
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ things.
 
 .. seealso::
 
-    :meth:`cartopy's gridlines() <cartopy.mpl.GeoAxes.gridlines>`,
-    :meth:`cartopy's coastlines() <cartopy.mpl.GeoAxes.coastlines>`.
+    :meth:`cartopy's gridlines() <cartopy.mpl.geoaxes.GeoAxes.gridlines>`,
+    :meth:`cartopy's coastlines() <cartopy.mpl.geoaxes.GeoAxes.coastlines>`.
 
 
 Cube Contour
diff --git a/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst b/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst
index a2c793a86f..45e98f94da 100644
--- a/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst
+++ b/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst
@@ -197,8 +197,11 @@ This document explains the changes made to Iris for this release
 #. `@trexfeathers`_ encouraged contributors to include type hinting in code
    they are working on - :ref:`code_formatting`. (:pull:`4390`)
 
-#. `@wjbenfold`_ clarified behaviour of :func:`iris.load` in :ref:`userguide loading section
-   <loading_iris_cubes>`. (:pull:`4462`)
+#. `@wjbenfold`_ updated Cartopy documentation links to point to the renamed
+   :class:`cartopy.mpl.geoaxes.GeoAxes`. (:pull:`4464`)
+
+#. `@wjbenfold`_ clarified behaviour of :func:`iris.load` in :ref:`userguide
+   loading section <loading_iris_cubes>`. (:pull:`4462`)
 
 
 💼 Internal
diff --git a/lib/iris/plot.py b/lib/iris/plot.py
index 1db60d0fae..0e9645c783 100644
--- a/lib/iris/plot.py
+++ b/lib/iris/plot.py
@@ -858,9 +858,9 @@ def _replace_axes_with_cartopy_axes(cartopy_proj):
 
 def _ensure_cartopy_axes_and_determine_kwargs(x_coord, y_coord, kwargs):
     """
-    Replace the current non-cartopy axes with :class:`cartopy.mpl.GeoAxes`
-    and return the appropriate kwargs dict based on the provided coordinates
-    and kwargs.
+    Replace the current non-cartopy axes with
+    :class:`cartopy.mpl.geoaxes.GeoAxes` and return the appropriate kwargs dict
+    based on the provided coordinates and kwargs.
 
     """
     # Determine projection.
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ def _ensure_cartopy_axes_and_determine_kwargs(x_coord, y_coord, kwargs):
     else:
         cartopy_proj = ccrs.PlateCarree()
 
-    # Ensure the current axes are a cartopy.mpl.GeoAxes instance.
+    # Ensure the current axes are a cartopy.mpl.geoaxes.GeoAxes instance.
     axes = kwargs.get("axes")
     if axes is None:
         if (
@@ -1430,7 +1430,8 @@ def barbs(u_cube, v_cube, *args, **kwargs):
         :func:`iris.analysis.cartography.rotate_grid_vectors`.
         To transform coordinate grid points, you will need to create
         2-dimensional arrays of x and y values.  These can be transformed with
-        :meth:`cartopy.crs.CRS.transform_points`.
+        the :meth:`~cartopy.crs.CRS.transform_points` method of
+        :class:`cartopy.crs.CRS`.
 
     Kwargs:
 
@@ -1478,7 +1479,8 @@ def quiver(u_cube, v_cube, *args, **kwargs):
         :func:`iris.analysis.cartography.rotate_grid_vectors`.
         To transform coordinate grid points, you will need to create
         2-dimensional arrays of x and y values.  These can be transformed with
-        :meth:`cartopy.crs.CRS.transform_points`.
+        the :meth:`~cartopy.crs.CRS.transform_points` method of
+        :class:`cartopy.crs.CRS`.
 
     Kwargs: