diff --git a/lib/json/common.rb b/lib/json/common.rb
index ebec553a..82d33406 100644
--- a/lib/json/common.rb
+++ b/lib/json/common.rb
@@ -812,9 +812,9 @@ class Coder
     private_constant :EXCLUDED_GENERATOR_OPTIONS
 
     # :call-seq:
-    #   JSON.new(options = nil, &block)
+    #   JSON::Coder.new(**options, &block)
     #
-    # Argument +options+, if given, contains a \Hash of options for both parsing and generating.
+    # Keyword arguments +options+, if given, are options for both parsing and generating.
     # See {Parsing Options}[rdoc-ref:JSON@Parsing+Options],
     # and {Generating Options}[rdoc-ref:JSON@Generating+Options].
     #