diff --git a/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php b/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php
index 72e938cf83..008124d582 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php
@@ -2026,7 +2026,7 @@ class WP_REST_Posts_Controller extends WP_REST_Controller {
 		}
 
 		if ( in_array( $post->post_type, array( 'post', 'page' ), true ) || post_type_supports( $post->post_type, 'revisions' ) ) {
-			$revision        = wp_get_last_revision_id_and_total_count( $post->ID );
+			$revision        = wp_get_latest_revision_id_and_total_count( $post->ID );
 			$revisions_count = ! is_wp_error( $revision ) ? $revision['count'] : 0;
 
 			$links['version-history'] = array(
@@ -2035,11 +2035,11 @@ class WP_REST_Posts_Controller extends WP_REST_Controller {
 			);
 
 			if ( $revisions_count > 0 ) {
-				$last_revision = $revision['revision'];
+				$latest_revision = $revision['revision'];
 
 				$links['predecessor-version'] = array(
-					'href' => rest_url( trailingslashit( $base ) . $post->ID . '/revisions/' . $last_revision ),
-					'id'   => $last_revision,
+					'href' => rest_url( trailingslashit( $base ) . $post->ID . '/revisions/' . $latest_revision ),
+					'id'   => $latest_revision,
 				);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/revision.php b/src/wp-includes/revision.php
index 7874a897fb..f1a888f6dd 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/revision.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/revision.php
@@ -534,13 +534,13 @@ function wp_get_post_revisions( $post = 0, $args = null ) {
  *
  * @param int|WP_Post $post Optional. Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global $post.
  * @return WP_Error|array {
- *     Returns associative array with last revision ID and total count.
+ *     Returns associative array with latest revision ID and total count.
  *
- *     @type int $revision The last revision post ID or 0 if no revisions exist.
+ *     @type int $revision The latest revision post ID or 0 if no revisions exist.
  *     @type int $count    The total count of revisions for the given post.
  * }
  */
-function wp_get_last_revision_id_and_total_count( $post = 0 ) {
+function wp_get_latest_revision_id_and_total_count( $post = 0 ) {
 	$post = get_post( $post );
 
 	if ( ! $post ) {
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/post/revisions.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/post/revisions.php
index 66ac54a412..e95f08f927 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/post/revisions.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/post/revisions.php
@@ -656,12 +656,13 @@ class Tests_Post_Revisions extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Tests that wp_get_last_revision_id_and_total_count() returns the last revision ID and total count.
+	 * Tests that wp_get_latest_revision_id_and_total_count() returns the latest revision ID and total count.
 	 *
+	 * @covers ::wp_get_latest_revision_id_and_total_count
 	 * @ticket 55857
 	 * @dataProvider data_wp_get_post_revisions_url
 	 */
-	public function test_wp_get_last_revision_id_and_total_count( $revisions ) {
+	public function test_wp_get_latest_revision_id_and_total_count( $revisions ) {
 		$post_id = self::factory()->post->create();
 		for ( $i = 0; $i < $revisions; ++$i ) {
 			wp_update_post(
@@ -672,14 +673,14 @@ class Tests_Post_Revisions extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 			);
 		}
 
-		$post_revisions     = wp_get_post_revisions( $post_id );
-		$last_post_revision = current( $post_revisions );
-		$revision           = wp_get_last_revision_id_and_total_count( $post_id );
+		$post_revisions       = wp_get_post_revisions( $post_id );
+		$latest_post_revision = current( $post_revisions );
+		$revision             = wp_get_latest_revision_id_and_total_count( $post_id );
 
 		$this->assertSame(
-			$last_post_revision->ID,
+			$latest_post_revision->ID,
 			$revision['revision'],
-			'The last revision ID does not match.'
+			'The latest revision ID does not match.'
 		);
 
 		$this->assertSame(
@@ -690,19 +691,20 @@ class Tests_Post_Revisions extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Tests that wp_get_last_revision_id_and_total_count() returns a WP_Error when no revisions exist.
+	 * Tests that wp_get_latest_revision_id_and_total_count() returns a WP_Error when no revisions exist.
 	 *
+	 * @covers ::wp_get_latest_revision_id_and_total_count
 	 * @ticket 55857
 	 */
-	public function test_wp_get_last_revision_id_and_total_count_no_revisions() {
-		$revision = wp_get_last_revision_id_and_total_count( null );
+	public function test_wp_get_latest_revision_id_and_total_count_no_revisions() {
+		$revision = wp_get_latest_revision_id_and_total_count( null );
 
 		$this->assertWPError( $revision, 'Invalid post, no revisions should exist.' );
 		$this->assertSame( $revision->get_error_code(), 'invalid_post' );
 
 		add_filter( 'wp_revisions_to_keep', '__return_zero' );
 		$post_id  = self::factory()->post->create();
-		$revision = wp_get_last_revision_id_and_total_count( $post_id );
+		$revision = wp_get_latest_revision_id_and_total_count( $post_id );
 
 		$this->assertWPError( $revision, 'Revisions should not be enabled.' );
 		$this->assertSame( $revision->get_error_code(), 'revisions_not_enabled' );