diff --git a/spec/namespaces.md b/spec/namespaces.md
index eddd3df..4424abd 100644
--- a/spec/namespaces.md
+++ b/spec/namespaces.md
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ namespace N2
 	}
 }
 ```
-`N1` contains a type member `A`, and `C` contains a static method `A`, and because `N2` imports both, referencing `A` as a *simple_name* is ambiguous and a compile-time error. 
+`N1` contains a type member `A`, and `C` contains a static field `A`, and because `N2` imports both, referencing `A` as a *simple_name* is ambiguous and a compile-time error. 
 
 Like a *using_alias_directive*, a *using_namespace_directive* does not contribute any new members to the underlying declaration space of the compilation unit or namespace, but rather affects only the compilation unit or namespace body in which it appears.