diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ba99e011fe..584bbe3e3c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ See doc/NEWS-1.8.7 for changes between 1.8.6 and 1.8.7.
           o supports conversion between many encodings
     * Numeric
           o Numeric#upto, #downto, #times, #step
-          o Numeric#scalar?, Complex#scalar?
+          o Numeric#real?, Complex#real?
           o Numeric#magnitude
     * Rational / Complex
           o They are in the core library now