diff --git a/i2p2www/blog/README b/i2p2www/blog/README
index 7168e4d2..3659bea7 100644
--- a/i2p2www/blog/README
+++ b/i2p2www/blog/README
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ How to use the blog
 Writing draft posts
 -------------------
 
-To write a draft post, create the file with the suffix '.rst.draft'. Post files
+To write a draft post, create the file with the suffix '.draft.rst'. Post files
 with this suffix will be visible at their post URL, but will not be shown in
 the blog index. To publish the draft post, change the filename to remove the
 '.draft' suffix.
diff --git a/i2p2www/blog/helpers.py b/i2p2www/blog/helpers.py
index 065d389e..b82bfa52 100644
--- a/i2p2www/blog/helpers.py
+++ b/i2p2www/blog/helpers.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def render_blog_post(slug):
     path = safe_join(BLOG_DIR, slug + ".rst")
     if not os.path.exists(path):
         # check for drafts
-        path = safe_join(BLOG_DIR, slug + ".rst.draft")
+        path = safe_join(BLOG_DIR, slug + ".draft.rst")
         if not os.path.exists(path):
             abort(404)