diff --git a/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/ServerCommands.scala b/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/ServerCommands.scala
index 44f629b7236..58379faa258 100644
--- a/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/ServerCommands.scala
+++ b/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/ServerCommands.scala
@@ -667,9 +667,9 @@ object ServerCommands {
       "insert-inferred-method",
       "Insert inferred method",
       """|Try and create a method from the error symbol at the current position
-           |where that position points to a name of form for example:
-           |- `nonExisting(param)`
-           |- `obj.nonExisting()`
+         |where that position points to a name of form for example:
+         |- `nonExisting(param)`
+         |- `obj.nonExisting()`
          |""".stripMargin,
       """|Object with `document` and `position`
          |
diff --git a/mtags/src/main/scala-2/scala/meta/internal/pc/InferredMethodProvider.scala b/mtags/src/main/scala-2/scala/meta/internal/pc/InferredMethodProvider.scala
index b68fc8a8a94..a33e5935cf8 100644
--- a/mtags/src/main/scala-2/scala/meta/internal/pc/InferredMethodProvider.scala
+++ b/mtags/src/main/scala-2/scala/meta/internal/pc/InferredMethodProvider.scala
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ final class InferredMethodProvider(
 
             val tpe = methodParams(retIndex).tpe
             tpe match {
+              // def method1(s : (String, Float) => Int) = 123
+              // method1(<<otherMethod>>)
               case TypeRef(_, _, args) if definitions.isFunctionType(tpe) =>
                 val params = args.take(args.size - 1)
                 val paramsString =
@@ -462,12 +464,14 @@ final class InferredMethodProvider(
    * `class Foo extends Bar {}` => retuning position would be right after the opening brace.
    * `class Foo extends Bar` => retuning position would be right after `Bar`.
    *
-   * @param text the text of the original source code.
    * @param t the enclosing template for the class/object/trait we are implementing.
    */
   private def inferEditPosition(t: Template): Position = {
-    // get text via reflection because Template could be in a different file
-    val text = t.pos.source.content.map(_.toString).mkString
+    // to get text via reflection because Template could be in a different file
+    // we decided to not support other files, but we may want to go back to it
+    //
+    // val text = t.pos.source.content.map(_.toString).mkString
+    val text = params.text()
     hasBody(text, t)
       .map { offset => t.pos.withStart(offset + 1).withEnd(offset + 1) }
       .getOrElse(
diff --git a/tests/unit/src/test/scala/tests/codeactions/CreateNewSymbolLspSuite.scala b/tests/unit/src/test/scala/tests/codeactions/CreateNewSymbolLspSuite.scala
index 67e0dc7527f..e56f680c647 100644
--- a/tests/unit/src/test/scala/tests/codeactions/CreateNewSymbolLspSuite.scala
+++ b/tests/unit/src/test/scala/tests/codeactions/CreateNewSymbolLspSuite.scala
@@ -33,6 +33,23 @@ class CreateNewSymbolLspSuite extends BaseCodeActionLspSuite("createNew") {
          |""".stripMargin,
   )
 
+  checkNewSymbol(
+    "infer-method",
+    """| object X {
+       |  <<otherMethod>>(1)
+       |}
+       |""".stripMargin,
+    s"""|${CreateNewSymbol.method("otherMethod")}""".stripMargin,
+    selectedActionIndex = 0,
+    pickedKind = "infer-method",
+    newFile = "a/src/main/scala/a/A.scala" ->
+      """| object X {
+         |  def otherMethod(arg0: Int) = ???
+         |  otherMethod(1)
+         |}
+         |""".stripMargin,
+  )
+
   checkNewSymbol(
     "trait",
     """|package a