diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/cats/data/NonEmptyList.scala b/core/src/main/scala/cats/data/NonEmptyList.scala
index 36620690b8..2e68720342 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/cats/data/NonEmptyList.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/cats/data/NonEmptyList.scala
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ final case class NonEmptyList[+A](head: A, tail: List[A]) {
     NonEmptyList(a, head :: tail)
 
   /**
-    * Alias for concat
+    * Alias for concatNel
     *
     * {{{
     * scala> import cats.data.NonEmptyList