diff --git a/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/RedisPubSubCommands.java b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/RedisPubSubCommands.java
index 1d99737be..42ec175ff 100644
--- a/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/RedisPubSubCommands.java
+++ b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/RedisPubSubCommands.java
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ public interface RedisPubSubCommands {
 	/**
 	 * Publishes the given message to the given channel.
 	 * 
-	 * @param message message to publish
 	 * @param channel the channel to publish to
+	 * @param message message to publish
 	 * @return the number of clients that received the message
 	 */
-	Long publish(byte[] message, byte[] channel);
+	Long publish(byte[] channel, byte[] message);
 
 	/**
 	 * Subscribes the connection to the given channels.
diff --git a/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/jedis/JedisConnection.java b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/jedis/JedisConnection.java
index 5f1d9cf08..7e0be18eb 100644
--- a/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/jedis/JedisConnection.java
+++ b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/jedis/JedisConnection.java
@@ -1609,7 +1609,7 @@ public class JedisConnection implements RedisConnection {
 	// Pub/Sub functionality
 	//
 	@Override
-	public Long publish(byte[] message, byte[] channel) {
+	public Long publish(byte[] channel, byte[] message) {
 		try {
 			if (isQueueing()) {
 				throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
diff --git a/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/jredis/JredisConnection.java b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/jredis/JredisConnection.java
index 0ba6b3373..b4487000f 100644
--- a/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/jredis/JredisConnection.java
+++ b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/jredis/JredisConnection.java
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ public class JredisConnection implements RedisConnection {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public Long publish(byte[] message, byte[] channel) {
+	public Long publish(byte[] channel, byte[] message) {
 		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
 	}