diff --git a/serde/src/de/mod.rs b/serde/src/de/mod.rs
index 86a79ab8..8b63bc39 100644
--- a/serde/src/de/mod.rs
+++ b/serde/src/de/mod.rs
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ where
 /// The `Deserializer` trait supports two entry point styles which enables
 /// different kinds of deserialization.
 ///
-/// 1. The `deserialize` method. Self-describing data formats like JSON are able
+/// 1. The `deserialize_any` method. Self-describing data formats like JSON are able
 ///    to look at the serialized data and tell what it represents. For example
 ///    the JSON deserializer may see an opening curly brace (`{`) and know that
 ///    it is seeing a map. If the data format supports