diff --git a/atom.go b/atom.go
index 5f483fe..9a4885b 100644
--- a/atom.go
+++ b/atom.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ type AtomFeed struct {
 	Link        *AtomLink
 	Author      *AtomAuthor `xml:"author,omitempty"`
 	Contributor *AtomContributor
-	Entries     []*AtomEntry
+	Entries     []*AtomEntry `xml:"entry"`
 }
 
 type Atom struct {
diff --git a/rss.go b/rss.go
index 39fe84b..aaadbdb 100644
--- a/rss.go
+++ b/rss.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // private wrapper around the RssFeed which gives us the <rss>..</rss> xml
-type rssFeedXml struct {
+type RssFeedXml struct {
 	XMLName          xml.Name `xml:"rss"`
 	Version          string   `xml:"version,attr"`
 	ContentNamespace string   `xml:"xmlns:content,attr"`
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ type RssFeed struct {
 	SkipDays       string   `xml:"skipDays,omitempty"`
 	Image          *RssImage
 	TextInput      *RssTextInput
-	Items          []*RssItem
+	Items          []*RssItem `xml:"item"`
 }
 
 type RssItem struct {
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func (r *Rss) FeedXml() interface{} {
 
 // return an XML-ready object for an RssFeed object
 func (r *RssFeed) FeedXml() interface{} {
-	return &rssFeedXml{
+	return &RssFeedXml{
 		Version:          "2.0",
 		Channel:          r,
 		ContentNamespace: "http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/",