1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/bignum.c b/bignum.c
index c5592a14ae..4ab117b557 100644
--- a/bignum.c
+++ b/bignum.c
@@ -6730,14 +6730,15 @@ rb_big_hash(VALUE x)
 
 /*
  * call-seq:
- *   big.coerce(numeric)  ->  array
+ *   int.coerce(numeric)  ->  array
  *
- * Returns an array with both a +numeric+ and a +big+ represented as Bignum
- * objects.
+ * Returns an array with both a +numeric+ and a +int+ represented as
+ * Integer objects or Float objects.
  *
- * This is achieved by converting +numeric+ to a Bignum.
+ * This is achieved by converting +numeric+ to an Integer or a Float.
  *
- * A TypeError is raised if the +numeric+ is not a Fixnum or Bignum type.
+ * A TypeError is raised if the +numeric+ is not an Integer or a Float
+ * type.
  *
  *     (0x3FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF+1).coerce(42)   #=> [42, 4611686018427387904]
  */