diff --git a/src/db.c b/src/db.c
index 3015d61..f6c5da4 100644
--- a/src/db.c
+++ b/src/db.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ PyObject* pyalpm_find_grp_pkgs(PyObject* self, PyObject *args) {
 }
 
 /** Finds an available upgrade for a package in a list of databases */
-PyObject* pyalpm_sync_newversion(PyObject *self, PyObject* args) {
+PyObject* pyalpm_sync_get_new_version(PyObject *self, PyObject* args) {
   PyObject *pkg;
   PyObject *dbs;
   alpm_list_t *db_list;
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ PyObject* pyalpm_sync_newversion(PyObject *self, PyObject* args) {
   {
     alpm_pkg_t *rawpkg = pmpkg_from_pyalpm_pkg(pkg);
     if (rawpkg) {
-      result = alpm_sync_newversion(rawpkg, db_list);
+      result = alpm_sync_get_new_version(rawpkg, db_list);
     }
     alpm_list_free(db_list);
   }
diff --git a/src/db.h b/src/db.h
index 4ed02e6..be35b78 100644
--- a/src/db.h
+++ b/src/db.h
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ PyObject *pyalpm_db_from_pmdb(void* data);
 int pylist_db_to_alpmlist(PyObject *list, alpm_list_t **result);
 
 PyObject* pyalpm_find_grp_pkgs(PyObject* self, PyObject* args);
-PyObject* pyalpm_sync_newversion(PyObject *self, PyObject* args);
+PyObject* pyalpm_sync_get_new_version(PyObject *self, PyObject* args);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/pyalpm.c b/src/pyalpm.c
index 56c9639..7391191 100644
--- a/src/pyalpm.c
+++ b/src/pyalpm.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static PyMethodDef methods[] = {
     "args: a list of packages, a dependency string\n"
     "returns: a Package object or None" },
 
-  {"sync_newversion", pyalpm_sync_newversion, METH_VARARGS,
+  {"sync_newversion", pyalpm_sync_get_new_version, METH_VARARGS,
     "finds an available upgrade for a package in a list of databases\n"
     "args: a package, a list of databases\n"
     "returns: an upgrade candidate or None" },