diff --git a/sdjournal/journal.go b/sdjournal/journal.go
index 5a2c288b..c61a2025 100644
--- a/sdjournal/journal.go
+++ b/sdjournal/journal.go
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ func (j *Journal) SeekHead() error {
 }
 
 // SeekTail may be used to seek to the end of the journal, i.e. the most recent
-// available entry. This call must be followed by a call to Next before any
+// available entry. This call must be followed by a call to Previous before any
 // call to Get* will return data about the last element.
 func (j *Journal) SeekTail() error {
 	sd_journal_seek_tail, err := getFunction("sd_journal_seek_tail")
diff --git a/sdjournal/journal_test.go b/sdjournal/journal_test.go
index 5205c7c8..925dd6c4 100755
--- a/sdjournal/journal_test.go
+++ b/sdjournal/journal_test.go
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ func TestJournalWait(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := j.SeekTail(); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Error seeking to tail: %s", err)
 	}
-	if _, err := j.Next(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Error retrieving next entry: %s", err)
+	if _, err := j.Previous(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error retrieving previous entry: %s", err)
 	}
 
 	var t1, t2 time.Time