diff --git a/Command/SetContent.hs b/Command/Reinject.hs
similarity index 90%
rename from Command/SetContent.hs
rename to Command/Reinject.hs
index b63cc9119a..63309aa522 100644
--- a/Command/SetContent.hs
+++ b/Command/Reinject.hs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  - Licensed under the GNU GPL version 3 or higher.
  -}
 
-module Command.SetContent where
+module Command.Reinject where
 
 import Common.Annex
 import Command
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import Annex.Content
 import qualified Command.Fsck
 
 def :: [Command]
-def = [command "setcontent" (paramPair paramPath paramPath) seek
+def = [command "reinject" (paramPair paramPath paramPath) seek
 	"sets content of annexed file"]
 
 seek :: [CommandSeek]
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ seek = [withWords start]
 
 start :: [FilePath] -> CommandStart
 start (src:dest:[]) = do
-	showStart "setcontent" dest
+	showStart "reinject" dest
 	next $ perform src dest
 start _ = error "specify a src file and a dest file"
 
diff --git a/GitAnnex.hs b/GitAnnex.hs
index 09f0a118c0..399b26ef7f 100644
--- a/GitAnnex.hs
+++ b/GitAnnex.hs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import qualified Command.Copy
 import qualified Command.Get
 import qualified Command.FromKey
 import qualified Command.DropKey
-import qualified Command.SetContent
+import qualified Command.Reinject
 import qualified Command.Fix
 import qualified Command.Init
 import qualified Command.Describe
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ cmds = concat
 	, Command.Init.def
 	, Command.Describe.def
 	, Command.InitRemote.def
-	, Command.SetContent.def
+	, Command.Reinject.def
 	, Command.Unannex.def
 	, Command.Uninit.def
 	, Command.PreCommit.def
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 25f18f7950..dc6e3c38aa 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ git-annex (3.20111026) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     .gitattributes information about numcopies is not available in a bare
     repository.
   * unused, dropunused: Now work in bare repositories.
-  * Removed the setkey command, and added a setcontent command with a more
+  * Removed the setkey command, and added a reinject command with a more
     useful interface.
   * The fromkey command now takes the key as its first parameter. The --key
     option is no longer used.
diff --git a/doc/bugs/No_easy_way_to_re-inject_a_file_into_an_annex/comment_4_480a4f72445a636eab1b1c0f816d365c._comment b/doc/bugs/No_easy_way_to_re-inject_a_file_into_an_annex/comment_4_480a4f72445a636eab1b1c0f816d365c._comment
index 787173b0a6..fcca0561d4 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/No_easy_way_to_re-inject_a_file_into_an_annex/comment_4_480a4f72445a636eab1b1c0f816d365c._comment
+++ b/doc/bugs/No_easy_way_to_re-inject_a_file_into_an_annex/comment_4_480a4f72445a636eab1b1c0f816d365c._comment
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@
  subject="comment 4"
  date="2011-05-14T16:29:35Z"
  content="""
-Although, if you really do want to shoot yourself in the foot, or know you
-have the old content, you can use `git-annex setcontent`.
+Now available as `git-annex reinject`.
 """]]
diff --git a/doc/git-annex.mdwn b/doc/git-annex.mdwn
index 42997e5342..fdd8dd1c19 100644
--- a/doc/git-annex.mdwn
+++ b/doc/git-annex.mdwn
@@ -274,19 +274,18 @@ subdirectories).
   However, if a backend changes the information it uses to construct a key,
   this can also be used to migrate files to use the new key format.
 
-* setcontent src dest
+* reinject src dest
 
-  Makes the dest file, which must already be tracked by git-annex have the
-  content of the src file. The src file is removed. This can be useful if you
-  have obtained the content of a file from elsewhere and want to put it in
-  the local annex.
+  Moves the src file into the annex as the content of the dest file.
+  This can be useful if you have obtained the content of a file from
+  elsewhere and want to put it in the local annex.
 
   Automatically runs fsck on dest to check that the expected content was
   provided.
 
   Example:
 
-	git annex setcontent /tmp/foo.iso foo.iso
+	git annex reinject /tmp/foo.iso foo.iso
 
 * unannex [path ...]
 
diff --git a/test.hs b/test.hs
index fa7657b581..d466d3ad32 100644
--- a/test.hs
+++ b/test.hs
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ blackbox = TestLabel "blackbox" $ TestList
 	-- test order matters, later tests may rely on state from earlier
 	[ test_init
 	, test_add
-	, test_setcontent
+	, test_reinject
 	, test_unannex
 	, test_drop
 	, test_get
@@ -140,13 +140,13 @@ test_add = "git-annex add" ~: TestList [basic, sha1dup, subdirs]
 			changeWorkingDirectory "dir"
 			git_annex "add" ["-q", "../dir2"] @? "add of ../subdir failed"
 
-test_setcontent :: Test
-test_setcontent = "git-annex setcontent/fromkey" ~: TestCase $ intmpclonerepo $ do
+test_reinject :: Test
+test_reinject = "git-annex reinject/fromkey" ~: TestCase $ intmpclonerepo $ do
 	git_annex "drop" ["-q", "--force", sha1annexedfile] @? "drop failed"
 	writeFile tmp $ content sha1annexedfile
 	r <- annexeval $ Types.Backend.getKey backendSHA1 tmp
 	let key = show $ fromJust r
-	git_annex "setcontent" ["-q", tmp, sha1annexedfile] @? "setcontent failed"
+	git_annex "reinject" ["-q", tmp, sha1annexedfile] @? "reinject failed"
 	git_annex "fromkey" ["-q", key, sha1annexedfiledup] @? "fromkey failed"
 	annexed_present sha1annexedfiledup
 	where