diff --git a/retrier.go b/retrier.go
index c093a9e..17213ab 100644
--- a/retrier.go
+++ b/retrier.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ type Retrier struct {
 
 	intervalCalculator Strategy
 	strategyType       string
-	manualInterval     *time.Duration
+	nextInterval       time.Duration
 }
 
 type jitterRange struct{ min, max time.Duration }
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ func NewRetrier(opts ...retrierOpt) *Retrier {
 
 	oldJitter := r.jitter
 	r.jitter = false // Temporarily turn off jitter while we check if the interval is 0
-	if r.forever && r.strategyType == constantStrategy && r.NextInterval() == 0 {
+	if r.forever && r.strategyType == constantStrategy && r.intervalCalculator(r) == 0 {
 		panic("retriers using the constant strategy that run forever must have an interval")
 	}
 	r.jitter = oldJitter // and now set it back to what it was previously
@@ -192,7 +192,9 @@ func NewRetrier(opts ...retrierOpt) *Retrier {
 	return r
 }
 
-// Jitter returns a duration in the interval (0, 1] s if jitter is enabled, or 0 s if it's not
+// Jitter returns a duration in the interval in the range [0, r.jitterRange.max - r.jitterRange.min). When no jitter range
+// is defined, the default range is [0, 1 second). The jitter is recalculated for each retry.
+// If jitter is disabled, this method will always return 0.
 func (r *Retrier) Jitter() time.Duration {
 	if !r.jitter {
 		return 0
@@ -215,7 +217,7 @@ func (r *Retrier) Break() {
 
 // SetNextInterval overrides the strategy for the interval before the next try
 func (r *Retrier) SetNextInterval(d time.Duration) {
-	r.manualInterval = &d
+	r.nextInterval = d
 }
 
 // ShouldGiveUp returns whether the retrier should stop trying do do the thing it's been asked to do
@@ -233,14 +235,9 @@ func (r *Retrier) ShouldGiveUp() bool {
 	return r.attemptCount >= r.maxAttempts
 }
 
-// NextInterval returns the next interval that the retrier will use. Behind the scenes, it calls the function generated
-// by either retrier's strategy
+// NextInterval returns the length of time that the retrier will wait before the next retry
 func (r *Retrier) NextInterval() time.Duration {
-	if r.manualInterval != nil {
-		return *r.manualInterval
-	}
-
-	return r.intervalCalculator(r)
+	return r.nextInterval
 }
 
 func (r *Retrier) String() string {
@@ -256,9 +253,8 @@ func (r *Retrier) String() string {
 		return str
 	}
 
-	nextInterval := r.NextInterval()
-	if nextInterval > 0 {
-		str = str + fmt.Sprintf(" Retrying in %s", nextInterval)
+	if r.nextInterval > 0 {
+		str = str + fmt.Sprintf(" Retrying in %s", r.nextInterval)
 	} else {
 		str = str + " Retrying immediately"
 	}
@@ -280,21 +276,16 @@ func (r *Retrier) Do(callback func(*Retrier) error) error {
 // DoWithContext is a context-aware variant of Do.
 func (r *Retrier) DoWithContext(ctx context.Context, callback func(*Retrier) error) error {
 	for {
+		// Calculate the next interval before we do work - this way, the calls to r.NextInterval() in the callback will be
+		// accurate and include the calculated jitter, if present
+		r.nextInterval = r.intervalCalculator(r)
+
 		// Perform the action the user has requested we retry
 		err := callback(r)
 		if err == nil {
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		// Calculate the next interval before we increment the attempt count
-		// In the exponential case, if we didn't do this, we'd skip the first interval
-		// ie, we would wait 2^1, 2^2, 2^3, ..., 2^n+1 seconds (bad)
-		// instead of        2^0, 2^1, 2^2, ..., 2^n seconds (good)
-		nextInterval := r.NextInterval()
-
-		// Reset the manualInterval now that the nextInterval has been acquired.
-		r.manualInterval = nil
-
 		r.MarkAttempt()
 
 		// If the last callback called r.Break(), or if we've hit our call limit, bail out and return the last error we got
@@ -302,7 +293,7 @@ func (r *Retrier) DoWithContext(ctx context.Context, callback func(*Retrier) err
 			return err
 		}
 
-		if err := r.sleepOrDone(ctx, nextInterval); err != nil {
+		if err := r.sleepOrDone(ctx, r.nextInterval); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/retrier_test.go b/retrier_test.go
index 1577f5e..21d4e47 100644
--- a/retrier_test.go
+++ b/retrier_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package roko
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"regexp"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -518,6 +519,41 @@ func TestString_WithTryForever(t *testing.T) {
 	}, retryingIns)
 }
 
+func TestString_WithJitter(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	insomniac := newInsomniac()
+	r := NewRetrier(
+		WithStrategy(Constant(10*time.Second)),
+		WithJitterRange(-1*time.Second, 10*time.Second),
+		WithMaxAttempts(5),
+		WithSleepFunc(insomniac.sleep),
+	)
+
+	retryingIns := make([]time.Duration, 0, 5)
+	durationRE := regexp.MustCompile(`[\d\.]+s`)
+	err := r.Do(func(_ *Retrier) error {
+		retryingIn := r.String()
+		dur := durationRE.FindString(retryingIn)
+		if dur != "" {
+			d, err := time.ParseDuration(dur)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("failed to parse duration: %s", dur)
+			}
+			retryingIns = append(retryingIns, d)
+		}
+
+		return errDummy
+	})
+
+	assert.ErrorIs(t, err, errDummy)
+
+	// Assert that the durations returned by the String() method are the actual lengths of time that the retrier slept
+	for i, interval := range insomniac.sleepIntervals {
+		assert.Check(t, cmp.DeepEqual(interval, retryingIns[i], DurationExact()))
+	}
+}
+
 func TestString_WithNoDelay(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()