diff --git a/doc/NEWS-2.5.0 b/doc/NEWS-2.5.0
index 77e1803362..68d871b00b 100644
--- a/doc/NEWS-2.5.0
+++ b/doc/NEWS-2.5.0
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ with all sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file or Redmine
 
 * IO
 
-  * IO#copy_stream tries copy offload with copy_file_range(2) [Feature #13867]
+  * IO.copy_stream tries copy offload with copy_file_range(2) [Feature #13867]
 
   * New methods: