diff --git a/src/config.coffee b/src/config.coffee
index 53c966d90..a77990975 100644
--- a/src/config.coffee
+++ b/src/config.coffee
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ class Config
   #
   # * `scopeDescriptor` (optional) {Array} of {String}s describing a path from
   #   the root of the syntax tree to a token. Get one by calling
-  #   {TextEditor::scopesAtCursor}. See {::get} for examples.
+  #   {editor.getLastCursor().getScopeDescriptor()}. See {::get} for examples.
   # * `keyPath` {String} name of the key to observe
   # * `callback` {Function} to call when the value of the key changes.
   #   * `value` the new value of the key
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ class Config
   #
   # * `scopeDescriptor` (optional) {Array} of {String}s describing a path from
   #   the root of the syntax tree to a token. Get one by calling
-  #   {TextEditor::scopesAtCursor}. See {::get} for examples.
+  #   {editor.getLastCursor().getScopeDescriptor()}. See {::get} for examples.
   # * `keyPath` (optional) {String} name of the key to observe. Must be
   #   specified if `scopeDescriptor` is specified.
   # * `callback` {Function} to call when the value of the key changes.
@@ -428,13 +428,13 @@ class Config
   # Additionally, you can get the setting at the specific cursor position.
   #
   # ```coffee
-  # scopeDescriptor = @editor.scopesAtCursor()
+  # scopeDescriptor = @editor.getLastCursor().getScopeDescriptor()
   # atom.config.get(scopeDescriptor, 'editor.tabLength') # => 2
   # ```
   #
   # * `scopeDescriptor` (optional) {Array} of {String}s describing a path from
   #   the root of the syntax tree to a token. Get one by calling
-  #   {TextEditor::scopesAtCursor}
+  #   {editor.getLastCursor().getScopeDescriptor()}
   # * `keyPath` The {String} name of the key to retrieve.
   #
   # Returns the value from Atom's default settings, the user's configuration
diff --git a/src/text-editor.coffee b/src/text-editor.coffee
index 000359077..3c9610261 100644
--- a/src/text-editor.coffee
+++ b/src/text-editor.coffee
@@ -2370,18 +2370,6 @@ class TextEditor extends Model
   Section: Managing Syntax Scopes
   ###
 
-  # Public: Get the syntactic scopes for the most recently added cursor's
-  # position. See {::scopesForBufferPosition} for more information.
-  #
-  # Returns an {Array} of {String}s.
-  scopesAtCursor: ->
-    if cursor = @getLastCursor()
-      cursor.getScopes()
-    else
-      @getRootScopeDescriptor()
-  getCursorScopes: ->
-    deprecate 'Use TextEditor::scopesAtCursor() instead'
-    @scopesAtCursor()
 
   # Essential: Get the syntactic scopes for the given position in buffer
   # coordinates.
@@ -2421,6 +2409,17 @@ class TextEditor extends Model
       @commentScopeSelector ?= new TextMateScopeSelector('comment.*')
       @commentScopeSelector.matches(scopes)
 
+
+  scopesAtCursor: ->
+    deprecate 'Use editor.getLastCursor().scopesAtCursor() instead'
+    if cursor = @getLastCursor()
+      cursor.getScopes()
+    else
+      @getRootScopeDescriptor()
+  getCursorScopes: ->
+    deprecate 'Use editor.getLastCursor().scopesAtCursor() instead'
+    @scopesAtCursor()
+
   ###
   Section: Clipboard Operations
   ###
@@ -2459,7 +2458,7 @@ class TextEditor extends Model
 
       return
 
-    else if atom.config.get(@scopesAtCursor(), "editor.normalizeIndentOnPaste") and metadata?.indentBasis?
+    else if atom.config.get(@getLastCursor().getScopeDescriptor(), "editor.normalizeIndentOnPaste") and metadata?.indentBasis?
       if !@getLastCursor().hasPrecedingCharactersOnLine() or containsNewlines
         options.indentBasis ?= metadata.indentBasis