diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 0bbc36762..08f657c4b 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ export(code)
 export(column)
 export(conditionStackTrace)
 export(conditionalPanel)
+export(createCachedPlot)
 export(createRenderFunction)
 export(createWebDependency)
 export(dataTableOutput)
@@ -165,7 +166,6 @@ export(pageWithSidebar)
 export(paneViewer)
 export(parseQueryString)
 export(passwordInput)
-export(plotCache)
 export(plotOutput)
 export(plotPNG)
 export(pre)
diff --git a/R/render-plot.R b/R/render-plot.R
index 3ab43cb7d..338e63eae 100644
--- a/R/render-plot.R
+++ b/R/render-plot.R
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ find_panel_ranges <- function(g, pixelratio, res) {
 #'   \code{quote()}.
 #'
 #' @export
-plotCache <- function(invalidationExpr, plotFunc,
+createCachedPlot <- function(invalidationExpr, plotFunc,
   baseWidth = 400, aspectRatioRate = 1.25, growthRate = 1.25, res = 72,
   cacheDir = NULL,
   invalidation.env = parent.frame(),
diff --git a/man/plotCache.Rd b/man/createCachedPlot.Rd
similarity index 97%
rename from man/plotCache.Rd
rename to man/createCachedPlot.Rd
index ade14111f..24dbdee3a 100644
--- a/man/plotCache.Rd
+++ b/man/createCachedPlot.Rd
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 % Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
 % Please edit documentation in R/render-plot.R
-\name{plotCache}
-\alias{plotCache}
+\name{createCachedPlot}
+\alias{createCachedPlot}
 \title{Disk-based plot cache}
 \usage{
-plotCache(invalidationExpr, plotFunc, baseWidth = 400,
+createCachedPlot(invalidationExpr, plotFunc, baseWidth = 400,
   aspectRatioRate = 1.25, growthRate = 1.25, res = 72, cacheDir = NULL,
   invalidation.env = parent.frame(), invalidation.quoted = FALSE,
   session = getDefaultReactiveDomain())