diff --git a/R/item_intercor.R b/R/item_intercor.R
index 41b29b920..a99b2fbcb 100644
--- a/R/item_intercor.R
+++ b/R/item_intercor.R
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #' @param x A matrix as returned by the `cor()`-function,
 #'    or a data frame with items (e.g. from a test or questionnaire).
 #' @param method Correlation computation method. May be one of
-#'    `"spearman"` (default), `"pearson"` or `"kendall"`.
+#'    `"pearson"` (default), `"spearman"` or `"kendall"`.
 #'    You may use initial letter only.
 #'
 #' @return The mean inter-item-correlation value for `x`.
diff --git a/man/item_intercor.Rd b/man/item_intercor.Rd
index 923c8a3f0..65ef4da6f 100644
--- a/man/item_intercor.Rd
+++ b/man/item_intercor.Rd
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ item_intercor(x, method = c("pearson", "spearman", "kendall"))
 or a data frame with items (e.g. from a test or questionnaire).}
 
 \item{method}{Correlation computation method. May be one of
-\code{"spearman"} (default), \code{"pearson"} or \code{"kendall"}.
+\code{"pearson"} (default), \code{"spearman"} or \code{"kendall"}.
 You may use initial letter only.}
 }
 \value{