diff --git a/src/wtforms/widgets/core.py b/src/wtforms/widgets/core.py
index bfa3c0e13..0acf9d1e1 100644
--- a/src/wtforms/widgets/core.py
+++ b/src/wtforms/widgets/core.py
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ def __call__(self, field, **kwargs):
                     val, label, selected, render_kw = choice
                 else:
                     warnings.warn(
-                        "'iter_groups' is expected to return 4 items tuple since "
+                        "'iter_choices' is expected to return 4 items tuple since "
                         "wtforms 3.1, this will be mandatory in wtforms 3.2",
                         DeprecationWarning,
                         stacklevel=2,