diff --git a/src/atom/buffer.coffee b/src/atom/buffer.coffee
index d06cf0994..5bc3ebcdc 100644
--- a/src/atom/buffer.coffee
+++ b/src/atom/buffer.coffee
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ class Buffer
   getLines: ->
     @lines
 
-  getLine: (n) ->
-    @lines[n]
+  getLine: (row) ->
+    @lines[row]
 
   change: (preRange, string) ->
     @remove(preRange)