diff --git a/docs/reference/harfbuzz-sections.txt b/docs/reference/harfbuzz-sections.txt
index 973009cf6..3612dad61 100644
--- a/docs/reference/harfbuzz-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/reference/harfbuzz-sections.txt
@@ -487,12 +487,12 @@ hb_uniscribe_font_get_logfontw
 
 <SECTION>
 <FILE>hb-version</FILE>
-HB_VERSION_CHECK
+HB_VERSION_ATLEAST
 HB_VERSION_MAJOR
 HB_VERSION_MICRO
 HB_VERSION_MINOR
 HB_VERSION_STRING
 hb_version
-hb_version_check
+hb_version_atleast
 hb_version_string
 </SECTION>
diff --git a/src/hb-common.cc b/src/hb-common.cc
index 33d2e55f0..da5f4f702 100644
--- a/src/hb-common.cc
+++ b/src/hb-common.cc
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ hb_version_string (void)
 }
 
 /**
- * hb_version_check:
+ * hb_version_atleast:
  * @major: 
  * @minor: 
  * @micro: 
@@ -581,9 +581,9 @@ hb_version_string (void)
  * Since: 1.0
  **/
 hb_bool_t
-hb_version_check (unsigned int major,
-		  unsigned int minor,
-		  unsigned int micro)
+hb_version_atleast (unsigned int major,
+		    unsigned int minor,
+		    unsigned int micro)
 {
-  return HB_VERSION_CHECK (major, minor, micro);
+  return HB_VERSION_ATLEAST (major, minor, micro);
 }
diff --git a/src/hb-version.h.in b/src/hb-version.h.in
index 43634f91c..2517160d1 100644
--- a/src/hb-version.h.in
+++ b/src/hb-version.h.in
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ HB_BEGIN_DECLS
 
 #define HB_VERSION_STRING "@HB_VERSION@"
 
-#define HB_VERSION_CHECK(major,minor,micro) \
-	((major)*10000+(minor)*100+(micro) >= \
+#define HB_VERSION_ATLEAST(major,minor,micro) \
+	((major)*10000+(minor)*100+(micro) <= \
 	 HB_VERSION_MAJOR*10000+HB_VERSION_MINOR*100+HB_VERSION_MICRO)
 
 
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ const char *
 hb_version_string (void);
 
 hb_bool_t
-hb_version_check (unsigned int major,
-		  unsigned int minor,
-		  unsigned int micro);
+hb_version_atleast (unsigned int major,
+		    unsigned int minor,
+		    unsigned int micro);
 
 
 HB_END_DECLS
diff --git a/test/api/test-version.c b/test/api/test-version.c
index 4c9bd3778..e6378b61c 100644
--- a/test/api/test-version.c
+++ b/test/api/test-version.c
@@ -46,27 +46,28 @@ test_version (void)
   g_free (s);
   g_assert (0 == strcmp (HB_VERSION_STRING, hb_version_string ()));
 
-  g_assert (HB_VERSION_CHECK (major, minor, micro));
-  g_assert (HB_VERSION_CHECK (major+1, minor, micro));
-  g_assert (HB_VERSION_CHECK (major, minor+1, micro));
-  g_assert (HB_VERSION_CHECK (major, minor, micro+1));
+  g_assert (HB_VERSION_ATLEAST (major, minor, micro));
   if (major)
-    g_assert (!HB_VERSION_CHECK (major-1, minor, micro));
+    g_assert (HB_VERSION_ATLEAST (major-1, minor, micro));
   if (minor)
-    g_assert (!HB_VERSION_CHECK (major, minor-1, micro));
+    g_assert (HB_VERSION_ATLEAST (major, minor-1, micro));
   if (micro)
-    g_assert (!HB_VERSION_CHECK (major, minor, micro-1));
+    g_assert (HB_VERSION_ATLEAST (major, minor, micro-1));
+  g_assert (!HB_VERSION_ATLEAST (major+1, minor, micro));
+  g_assert (!HB_VERSION_ATLEAST (major, minor+1, micro));
+  g_assert (!HB_VERSION_ATLEAST (major, minor, micro+1));
+  g_assert (!HB_VERSION_ATLEAST (major, minor, micro+1));
 
-  g_assert (hb_version_check (major, minor, micro));
-  g_assert (hb_version_check (major+1, minor, micro));
-  g_assert (hb_version_check (major, minor+1, micro));
-  g_assert (hb_version_check (major, minor, micro+1));
+  g_assert (hb_version_atleast (major, minor, micro));
   if (major)
-    g_assert (!hb_version_check (major-1, minor, micro));
+    g_assert (hb_version_atleast (major-1, minor, micro));
   if (minor)
-    g_assert (!hb_version_check (major, minor-1, micro));
+    g_assert (hb_version_atleast (major, minor-1, micro));
   if (micro)
-    g_assert (!hb_version_check (major, minor, micro-1));
+    g_assert (hb_version_atleast (major, minor, micro-1));
+  g_assert (!hb_version_atleast (major+1, minor, micro));
+  g_assert (!hb_version_atleast (major, minor+1, micro));
+  g_assert (!hb_version_atleast (major, minor, micro+1));
 }
 
 int