correct typo detected by Lee Hansen
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libbsddb.tex b/Doc/lib/libbsddb.tex
index ff3d8e1..e66b2bb 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libbsddb.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libbsddb.tex
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
\end{methoddesc}
\begin{methoddesc}{previous}{}
-Set the cursor to the first item in the DB file and return it. The
+Set the cursor to the previous item in the DB file and return it. The
order of keys in the file is unspecified, except in the case of B-Tree
databases. This is not supported on hashtable databases (those opened
with \function{hashopen()}).