diff --git a/example_test.go b/example_test.go
index 8b01b1f..9bf5a54 100644
--- a/example_test.go
+++ b/example_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package ringbuffer
 import "fmt"
 
 func ExampleRingBuffer() {
-	rb := NewRingBuffer(1024)
+	rb := New(1024)
 	rb.Write([]byte("abcd"))
 	fmt.Println(rb.Length())
 	fmt.Println(rb.Free())
diff --git a/ring_buffer.go b/ring_buffer.go
index 8e304fc..0c4598d 100644
--- a/ring_buffer.go
+++ b/ring_buffer.go
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ type RingBuffer struct {
 	mu     sync.Mutex
 }
 
-// NewRingBuffer returns a new RingBuffer whose buffer has the given size.
-func NewRingBuffer(size int) *RingBuffer {
+// New returns a new RingBuffer whose buffer has the given size.
+func New(size int) *RingBuffer {
 	return &RingBuffer{
 		buf:  make([]byte, size),
 		size: size,
diff --git a/ring_buffer_test.go b/ring_buffer_test.go
index 0d3ac10..d671a3f 100644
--- a/ring_buffer_test.go
+++ b/ring_buffer_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestRingBuffer_Write(t *testing.T) {
-	rb := NewRingBuffer(64)
+	rb := New(64)
 
 	// check empty or full
 	if !rb.IsEmpty() {
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func TestRingBuffer_Write(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestRingBuffer_Read(t *testing.T) {
-	rb := NewRingBuffer(64)
+	rb := New(64)
 
 	// check empty or full
 	if !rb.IsEmpty() {