diff --git a/builtins/Num.roc b/builtins/Num.roc
index fee1e3db9b..58121d80ce 100644
--- a/builtins/Num.roc
+++ b/builtins/Num.roc
@@ -27,18 +27,18 @@ Num range : @Num range
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 ## Some languages have a unary `-` operator (for example, `-(a + b)`), but Roc does not. If you want to negate a number, calling this function is the way to do it!
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-## > Num.negate 5
+## > Num.neg 5
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-## > Num.negate -2.5
+## > Num.neg -2.5
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-## > Num.negate 0
+## > Num.neg 0
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-## > Num.negate 0.0
+## > Num.neg 0.0
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 ## This will crash when given #Int.lowestValue, because doing so will result in a number higher than #Int.highestValue.
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 ## (It will never crash when given a #Float, however, because of how floating point numbers represent positive and negative numbers.)
-negate : Num range -> Num range
+neg : Num range -> Num range
 
 ## Return the absolute value of the number.
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