diff --git a/raft/log.go b/raft/log.go
index 7cb753ec0..3c5266629 100644
--- a/raft/log.go
+++ b/raft/log.go
@@ -6,23 +6,23 @@ type Entry struct {
 }
 
 type log struct {
-	ents    []Entry
-	commit  int
-	applied int
+	ents      []Entry
+	committed int
+	applied   int
 }
 
 func newLog() *log {
 	return &log{
-		ents:    make([]Entry, 1),
-		commit:  0,
-		applied: 0,
+		ents:      make([]Entry, 1),
+		committed: 0,
+		applied:   0,
 	}
 }
 
-func (l *log) maybeAppend(index, logTerm, commit int, ents ...Entry) bool {
+func (l *log) maybeAppend(index, logTerm, committed int, ents ...Entry) bool {
 	if l.matchTerm(index, logTerm) {
 		l.append(index, ents...)
-		l.commit = commit
+		l.committed = committed
 		return true
 	}
 	return false
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ func (l *log) matchTerm(i, term int) bool {
 }
 
 func (l *log) maybeCommit(maxIndex, term int) bool {
-	if maxIndex > l.commit && l.term(maxIndex) == term {
-		l.commit = maxIndex
+	if maxIndex > l.committed && l.term(maxIndex) == term {
+		l.committed = maxIndex
 		return true
 	}
 	return false
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ func (l *log) maybeCommit(maxIndex, term int) bool {
 // nextEnts returns all the avaliable entries for execution.
 // all the returned entries will be marked as applied.
 func (l *log) nextEnts() (ents []Entry) {
-	if l.commit > l.applied {
-		ents = l.ents[l.applied+1 : l.commit+1]
-		l.applied = l.commit
+	if l.committed > l.applied {
+		ents = l.ents[l.applied+1 : l.committed+1]
+		l.applied = l.committed
 	}
 	return ents
 }
diff --git a/raft/raft.go b/raft/raft.go
index 801f2be22..9c5744bae 100644
--- a/raft/raft.go
+++ b/raft/raft.go
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func (sm *stateMachine) sendAppend() {
 		m.Index = in.next - 1
 		m.LogTerm = sm.log.term(in.next - 1)
 		m.Entries = sm.log.entries(in.next)
-		m.Commit = sm.log.commit
+		m.Commit = sm.log.committed
 		sm.send(m)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/raft/raft_test.go b/raft/raft_test.go
index 864946173..f8d1eaa11 100644
--- a/raft/raft_test.go
+++ b/raft/raft_test.go
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ func TestLeaderElection(t *testing.T) {
 func TestLogReplication(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		*network
-		msgs    []Message
-		wcommit int
+		msgs       []Message
+		wcommitted int
 	}{
 		{
 			newNetwork(nil, nil, nil),
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ func TestLogReplication(t *testing.T) {
 		for j, ism := range tt.ss {
 			sm := ism.(*nsm)
 
-			if sm.log.commit != tt.wcommit {
-				t.Errorf("#%d.%d: commit = %d, want %d", i, j, sm.log.commit, tt.wcommit)
+			if sm.log.committed != tt.wcommitted {
+				t.Errorf("#%d.%d: committed = %d, want %d", i, j, sm.log.committed, tt.wcommitted)
 			}
 
 			ents := sm.nextEnts()
@@ -327,8 +327,8 @@ func TestCommit(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		sm := &stateMachine{log: &log{ents: tt.logs}, ins: ins, k: len(ins), term: tt.smTerm}
 		sm.maybeCommit()
-		if g := sm.log.commit; g != tt.w {
-			t.Errorf("#%d: commit = %d, want %d", i, g, tt.w)
+		if g := sm.log.committed; g != tt.w {
+			t.Errorf("#%d: committed = %d, want %d", i, g, tt.w)
 		}
 	}
 }