diff --git a/src/nvim/lua/treesitter.c b/src/nvim/lua/treesitter.c
index c27ae8c877..a71234d2c4 100644
--- a/src/nvim/lua/treesitter.c
+++ b/src/nvim/lua/treesitter.c
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ static struct luaL_Reg node_meta[] = {
   { "named_child_count", node_named_child_count },
   { "child", node_child },
   { "named_child", node_named_child },
-  { "descendant_for_point_range", node_descendant_for_point_range },
-  { "named_descendant_for_point_range", node_named_descendant_for_point_range },
+  { "descendant_for_range", node_descendant_for_range },
+  { "named_descendant_for_range", node_named_descendant_for_range },
   { "parent", node_parent },
   { NULL, NULL }
 };
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ static int node_named_child(lua_State *L)
   return 1;
 }
 
-static int node_descendant_for_point_range(lua_State *L)
+static int node_descendant_for_range(lua_State *L)
 {
   TSNode node;
   if (!node_check(L, &node)) {
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ static int node_descendant_for_point_range(lua_State *L)
   return 1;
 }
 
-static int node_named_descendant_for_point_range(lua_State *L)
+static int node_named_descendant_for_range(lua_State *L)
 {
   TSNode node;
   if (!node_check(L, &node)) {
diff --git a/test/functional/lua/treesitter_spec.lua b/test/functional/lua/treesitter_spec.lua
index 5aaaa80868..d566f15649 100644
--- a/test/functional/lua/treesitter_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/lua/treesitter_spec.lua
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ describe('tree-sitter API', function()
       eq("<node function_definition>", exec_lua("return tostring(child)"))
       eq({0,0,2,1}, exec_lua("return {child:range()}"))
 
-      exec_lua("descendant = root:descendant_for_point_range(1,2,1,12)")
+      exec_lua("descendant = root:descendant_for_range(1,2,1,12)")
       eq("<node declaration>", exec_lua("return tostring(descendant)"))
       eq({1,2,1,12}, exec_lua("return {descendant:range()}"))
       eq("(declaration (primitive_type) (init_declarator (identifier) (number_literal)))", exec_lua("return descendant:sexpr()"))
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ describe('tree-sitter API', function()
       exec_lua([[
         tree2 = parser:parse()
         root2 = tree2:root()
-        descendant2 = root2:descendant_for_point_range(1,2,1,13)
+        descendant2 = root2:descendant_for_range(1,2,1,13)
       ]])
       eq(false, exec_lua("return tree2 == tree1"))
       eq("<node declaration>", exec_lua("return tostring(descendant2)"))