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()}).