diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 50c955c..ea7d76a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         });
 
         log.info('hello world');
-        console.log(ringbuffer.entries);
+        console.log(ringbuffer.records);
 
 - Add support for "raw" streams. This is a logging stream that is given
   raw log record objects instead of a JSON-stringified string.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f291db8..5c8be9c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ own HTTP interface, or a post-mortem facility like MDB or node-panic.
 
 To use a RingBuffer:
 
-    /* Create a ring buffer that stores the last 100 entries. */
+    /* Create a ring buffer that stores the last 100 records. */
     var bunyan = require('bunyan');
     var ringbuffer = new bunyan.RingBuffer({ limit: 100 });
     var log = new bunyan({
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ To use a RingBuffer:
     });
 
     log.info('hello world');
-    console.log(ringbuffer.entries);
+    console.log(ringbuffer.records);
 
 This example emits:
 
diff --git a/examples/ringbuffer.js b/examples/ringbuffer.js
index 6364fd0..74ffb31 100644
--- a/examples/ringbuffer.js
+++ b/examples/ringbuffer.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Create a ring buffer that stores the last 100 entries. */
+/* Create a ring buffer that stores the last 100 records. */
 var bunyan = require('..');
 var ringbuffer = new bunyan.RingBuffer({ limit: 100 });
 var log = new bunyan({
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ var log = new bunyan({
 });
 
 log.info('hello world');
-console.log(ringbuffer.entries);
+console.log(ringbuffer.records);
diff --git a/lib/bunyan.js b/lib/bunyan.js
index 5b7d1e4..bbb5a35 100644
--- a/lib/bunyan.js
+++ b/lib/bunyan.js
@@ -982,17 +982,17 @@ var errSerializer = Logger.stdSerializers.err = function err(err) {
 
 
 /**
- * RingBuffer is a Writable Stream that just stores the last N entries in
+ * RingBuffer is a Writable Stream that just stores the last N records in
  * memory.
  *
  * @param options {Object}, with the following fields:
  *
- *    - limit: number of entries to keep in memory
+ *    - limit: number of records to keep in memory
  */
 function RingBuffer(options) {
   this.limit = options && options.limit ? options.limit : 100;
   this.writable = true;
-  this.entries = [];
+  this.records = [];
   EventEmitter.call(this);
 }
 
@@ -1002,10 +1002,10 @@ RingBuffer.prototype.write = function (record) {
   if (!this.writable)
     throw (new Error('RingBuffer has been ended already'));
 
-  this.entries.push(record);
+  this.records.push(record);
 
-  if (this.entries.length > this.limit)
-    this.entries.shift();
+  if (this.records.length > this.limit)
+    this.records.shift();
 
   return (true);
 };
diff --git a/test/ringbuffer.test.js b/test/ringbuffer.test.js
index 4f8ae61..75a6a12 100644
--- a/test/ringbuffer.test.js
+++ b/test/ringbuffer.test.js
@@ -21,19 +21,19 @@ test('ringbuffer', function (t) {
   log1.info('hello');
   log1.trace('there');
   log1.error('android');
-  t.equal(ringbuffer.entries.length, 2);
-  t.equal(ringbuffer.entries[0]['msg'], 'hello');
-  t.equal(ringbuffer.entries[1]['msg'], 'android');
+  t.equal(ringbuffer.records.length, 2);
+  t.equal(ringbuffer.records[0]['msg'], 'hello');
+  t.equal(ringbuffer.records[1]['msg'], 'android');
   log1.error('one');
   log1.error('two');
   log1.error('three');
-  t.equal(ringbuffer.entries.length, 5);
+  t.equal(ringbuffer.records.length, 5);
   log1.error('four');
-  t.equal(ringbuffer.entries.length, 5);
-  t.equal(ringbuffer.entries[0]['msg'], 'android');
-  t.equal(ringbuffer.entries[1]['msg'], 'one');
-  t.equal(ringbuffer.entries[2]['msg'], 'two');
-  t.equal(ringbuffer.entries[3]['msg'], 'three');
-  t.equal(ringbuffer.entries[4]['msg'], 'four');
+  t.equal(ringbuffer.records.length, 5);
+  t.equal(ringbuffer.records[0]['msg'], 'android');
+  t.equal(ringbuffer.records[1]['msg'], 'one');
+  t.equal(ringbuffer.records[2]['msg'], 'two');
+  t.equal(ringbuffer.records[3]['msg'], 'three');
+  t.equal(ringbuffer.records[4]['msg'], 'four');
   t.end();
 });