diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/rsm/RSMManager.java b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/rsm/RSMManager.java
index afbd614f7..a8aba4881 100644
--- a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/rsm/RSMManager.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/rsm/RSMManager.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class RSMManager {
         return packetExtensions;
     }
 
-    Collection<PacketExtension> contiunePage(int max, Collection<PacketExtension> returnedExtensions) {
+    Collection<PacketExtension> continuePage(int max, Collection<PacketExtension> returnedExtensions) {
         return continuePage(max, returnedExtensions, null);
     }
 
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/rsm/packet/RSMSet.java b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/rsm/packet/RSMSet.java
index 532fa3b42..250615aa3 100644
--- a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/rsm/packet/RSMSet.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/rsm/packet/RSMSet.java
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ public class RSMSet implements PacketExtension {
         this(null, null, -1, index, null, max, null, -1);
     }
 
+    public RSMSet(String item, PageDirection pageDirection) {
+        this(-1, item, pageDirection);
+    }
+
     public RSMSet(int max, String item, PageDirection pageDirection) {
         switch (pageDirection) {
         case before:
@@ -146,4 +150,12 @@ public class RSMSet implements PacketExtension {
     public static RSMSet from(Packet packet) {
         return (RSMSet) packet.getExtension(ELEMENT, NAMESPACE);
     }
+
+    public static RSMSet newAfter(String after) {
+        return new RSMSet(after, PageDirection.after);
+    }
+
+    public static RSMSet newBefore(String before) {
+        return new RSMSet(before, PageDirection.before);
+    }
 }