diff --git a/library/std/src/io/error.rs b/library/std/src/io/error.rs
index f07e469f5293..b59d75920445 100644
--- a/library/std/src/io/error.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/io/error.rs
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ pub enum ErrorKind {
     /// Seek on unseekable file
     ///
     /// Seeking was attempted on an open file handle which is not suitable for seeking - for
-    /// example, on Unix, a named pipe opened with `File::new`.
+    /// example, on Unix, a named pipe opened with `File::open`.
     #[unstable(feature = "io_error_more", issue = "86442")]
     NotSeekable,
     /// Filesystem quota was exceeded.