diff --git a/doc/function/index.txt b/doc/function/index.txt
index 067c278c..700fdf7d 100644
--- a/doc/function/index.txt
+++ b/doc/function/index.txt
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ These functions are built into the program, other [[type:function]]s can be defi
 | [[fun:crop]]			Crop an image, giving only a small subset of it.
 | [[fun:flip_horizontal]]	Flip an image horizontally.
 | [[fun:flip_vertical]]		Flip an image vertically.
-| [[fun:rotate]]		Rotate an image.
+| [[fun:rotate_image]]		Rotate an image.
 | [[fun:drop_shadow]]		Add a drop shadow to an image.
 | [[fun:symbol_variation]]	Render a variation of a [[type:symbol]].
 | [[fun:built_in_image]]	Return an image built into the program.
diff --git a/doc/function/rotate.txt b/doc/function/rotate.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c36edc9..00000000
--- a/doc/function/rotate.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-Function: rotate
-
-DOC_MSE_VERSION: since 0.3.9
-
---Usage--
-> rotate(input: image, angle: some_number)
-
-Rotate an image. The image can become larger to accomodate the rotated bounding box.
-
---Parameters--
-! Parameter	Type			Description
-| @input@	[[type:image]]		Image to rotate.
-| @angle@	[[type:double]]		Angle to rotate by, in degrees counter clockwise.
-
---Examples--
-> rotate("image_logo.png", angle:30)  ==  [[Image]]
->>> rotate(<img src="image_logo.png" alt='"image_logo.png"' style="border:1px solid black;vertical-align:middle;margin:1px;" />, angle:30) == <img src="image_logo_rotate30.png" alt='"image_logo_rotate30.png"' style="border:1px solid black;vertical-align:middle;margin:1px;" />
-
---See also--
-| [[fun:flip_horizontal]]	Flip an image horizontally
-| [[fun:flip_vertical]]		Flip an image vertically
diff --git a/doc/function/rotate_image.txt b/doc/function/rotate_image.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c168898
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/function/rotate_image.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Function: rotate_image
+
+DOC_MSE_VERSION: since 0.3.9, called rotate until 2.0.2
+
+--Usage--
+> rotate_image(input: image, angle: some_number)
+
+Rotate an image. The image can become larger to accomodate the rotated bounding box.
+
+--Parameters--
+! Parameter	Type			Description
+| @input@	[[type:image]]		Image to rotate.
+| @angle@	[[type:double]]		Angle to rotate by, in degrees counter clockwise.
+
+--Examples--
+> rotate_image("image_logo.png", angle:30)  ==  [[Image]]
+>>> rotate_image(<img src="image_logo.png" alt='"image_logo.png"' style="border:1px solid black;vertical-align:middle;margin:1px;" />, angle:30) == <img src="image_logo_rotate30.png" alt='"image_logo_rotate30.png"' style="border:1px solid black;vertical-align:middle;margin:1px;" />
+
+--See also--
+| [[fun:flip_horizontal]]	Flip an image horizontally
+| [[fun:flip_vertical]]		Flip an image vertically
diff --git a/src/script/functions/image.cpp b/src/script/functions/image.cpp
index 48e6ee0a..c0d9d0dd 100644
--- a/src/script/functions/image.cpp
+++ b/src/script/functions/image.cpp
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ void init_script_image_functions(Context& ctx) {
   ctx.setVariable(_("flip_horizontal"),  script_flip_horizontal);
   ctx.setVariable(_("flip_vertical"),    script_flip_vertical);
   ctx.setVariable(_("rotate"),           script_rotate);
+  ctx.setVariable(_("rotate_image"),     script_rotate);
   ctx.setVariable(_("drop_shadow"),      script_drop_shadow);
   ctx.setVariable(_("symbol_variation"), script_symbol_variation);
   ctx.setVariable(_("built_in_image"),   script_built_in_image);