diff --git a/src/math/rand/rand.go b/src/math/rand/rand.go
index a6f467622e0..a98b3905bdf 100644
--- a/src/math/rand/rand.go
+++ b/src/math/rand/rand.go
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ func (fs *fastSource) read(p []byte, readVal *int64, readPos *int8) (n int, err
 // of results from the global random source (using functions such as Int)
 // can be broken when a dependency changes how much it consumes
 // from the global random source. To avoid such breakages, programs
-// that need a specific result sequence should use NewRand(NewSource(seed))
+// that need a specific result sequence should use New(NewSource(seed))
 // to obtain a random generator that other packages cannot access.
 func Seed(seed int64) {
 	orig := globalRandGenerator.Load()