diff --git a/basicDriver.go b/basicDriver.go
index 5e6b9267..2395efeb 100644
--- a/basicDriver.go
+++ b/basicDriver.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func main() {
 		Bitrate:          "500000",
 		Packetization:    revid.Flv,
 	}
-	revidInst, err := revid.NewRevidInstance(config)
+	revidInst, err := revid.NewRevid(config)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("Should not have got error!")
 		return
diff --git a/revid/Revid.go b/revid/Revid.go
index 2ce46f23..506ff995 100644
--- a/revid/Revid.go
+++ b/revid/Revid.go
@@ -115,10 +115,10 @@ type revid struct {
 	mutex       sync.Mutex
 }
 
-// NewRevidInstance returns a pointer to a new revid with the desired
+// NewRevid returns a pointer to a new revid with the desired
 // configuration, and/or an error if construction of the new instant was not
 // successful.
-func NewRevidInstance(config Config) (r *revid, err error) {
+func NewRevid(config Config) (r *revid, err error) {
 	r = new(revid)
 	r.mutex = sync.Mutex{}
 	r.ringBuffer = ringbuffer.NewRingBuffer(ringBufferSize, ringBufferElementSize)
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ noPacketizationSetup:
 // ChangeConfig changes the current configuration of the revid instance.
 func (r *revid) ChangeConfig(config Config) (err error) {
 	r.Stop()
-	r, err = NewRevidInstance(config)
+	r, err = NewRevid(config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/revid/revid_test.go b/revid/revid_test.go
index cd8a5f09..7c2e9637 100644
--- a/revid/revid_test.go
+++ b/revid/revid_test.go
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func TestRaspividToRtmp(t *testing.T) {
 		Packetization:    Flv,
 		FrameRate:        "25",
 	}
-	revidInst, err := NewRevidInstance(config)
+	revidInst, err := NewRevid(config)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Should not have got an error!")
 		return