diff --git a/consts.go b/consts.go
index a9c9292..0e4aeda 100644
--- a/consts.go
+++ b/consts.go
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 package eol
 
 const (
-	lf = '\u000A'
-	cr = '\u000D'
-	nl = '\u0085'
-	ls = '\u2028'
+	lf  = '\u000A'
+	cr  = '\u000D'
+	nel = '\u0085'
+	ls  = '\u2028'
 )
 
 const (
-	LF = string(lf)
-	CR = string(cr)
+	LF   = string(lf)
+	CR   = string(cr)
 	CRLF = CR+LF
-	NL = string(nl)
-	LS = string(ls)
+	NEL  = string(nel)
+	LS   = string(ls)
 )
diff --git a/readeol.go b/readeol.go
index 9228373..d50f51c 100644
--- a/readeol.go
+++ b/readeol.go
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ import (
 //
 // The end-of-line sequences it supports are:
 //
-//	line-feed       (LF) (U+000A) ('\n')
-//	carriage-return (CR) (U+000D) ('\r')
+//	line-feed       (LF)  (U+000A) ('\n')
+//	carriage-return (CR)  (U+000D) ('\r')
 //	carriage-return, line-feed    ("\r\n")
-//	new-line        (NL) (U+0085)
-//	line-separator  (LS) (U+2028)
+//	next-line       (NEL) (U+0085)
+//	line-separator  (LS)  (U+2028)
 //
 // If successful, ReadEOL return the end-of-line sequence and the number-of-bytes read.
 func ReadEOL(runescanner io.RuneScanner) (endofline string, size int, err error) {
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ func ReadEOL(runescanner io.RuneScanner) (endofline string, size int, err error)
 		return LF, size0, nil
 	case cr:
 		// Nothing here.
-	case nl:
-		return NL, size0, nil
+	case nel:
+		return NEL, size0, nil
 	case ls:
 		return LS, size0, nil
 	default:
diff --git a/readeol_test.go b/readeol_test.go
index 67bdd2f..e874550 100644
--- a/readeol_test.go
+++ b/readeol_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func TestReadEOL(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			Value: "\u0085",
-			ExpectedEOL: eol.NL,
+			ExpectedEOL: eol.NEL,
 			ExpectedSize: 2,
 		},
 		{
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func TestReadEOL(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			Value: "\u0085apple banana cherr",
-			ExpectedEOL: eol.NL,
+			ExpectedEOL: eol.NEL,
 			ExpectedSize: 2,
 		},
 		{