diff --git a/src/display-buffer.coffee b/src/display-buffer.coffee
index 4eedbca60..4a4fbf709 100644
--- a/src/display-buffer.coffee
+++ b/src/display-buffer.coffee
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ class DisplayBuffer extends Model
   #
   # Returns an {Array} of {String}s.
   scopeDescriptorForBufferPosition: (bufferPosition) ->
-    @tokenizedBuffer.scopesForPosition(bufferPosition)
+    @tokenizedBuffer.scopeDescriptorForPosition(bufferPosition)
 
   bufferRangeForScopeAtPosition: (selector, position) ->
     @tokenizedBuffer.bufferRangeForScopeAtPosition(selector, position)
diff --git a/src/tokenized-buffer.coffee b/src/tokenized-buffer.coffee
index ae992c826..650581719 100644
--- a/src/tokenized-buffer.coffee
+++ b/src/tokenized-buffer.coffee
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ class TokenizedBuffer extends Model
     else
       0
 
-  scopesForPosition: (position) ->
+  scopeDescriptorForPosition: (position) ->
     @tokenForPosition(position).scopes
 
   tokenForPosition: (position) ->