diff --git a/spring-data-commons-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/domain/PageRequest.java b/spring-data-commons-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/domain/PageRequest.java
index c983c3e8a..3021250a0 100644
--- a/spring-data-commons-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/domain/PageRequest.java
+++ b/spring-data-commons-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/domain/PageRequest.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class PageRequest implements Pageable {
      * 
      * @see org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable#getFirstItem()
      */
-    public int getFirstItem() {
+    public int getOffset() {
 
         return page * size;
     }
diff --git a/spring-data-commons-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/domain/Pageable.java b/spring-data-commons-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/domain/Pageable.java
index ee9010e19..dcaf2fa36 100644
--- a/spring-data-commons-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/domain/Pageable.java
+++ b/spring-data-commons-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/domain/Pageable.java
@@ -39,11 +39,12 @@ public interface Pageable {
 
 
     /**
-     * Returns the first item relatively to the total number of items.
+     * Returns the offset to be taken according to the underlying page and page
+     * size.
      * 
-     * @return the first item to be returned
+     * @return the offset to be taken
      */
-    int getFirstItem();
+    int getOffset();
 
 
     /**