diff --git a/mod/contacts.php b/mod/contacts.php
index a2a734f758..f673f84f10 100644
--- a/mod/contacts.php
+++ b/mod/contacts.php
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ function _contact_update($contact_id)
 	$uid = $contact["uid"];
 
 	if ($r[0]["network"] == NETWORK_OSTATUS) {
-		$result = Contact::create($uid, $contact["url"], false, $contact["network"]);
+		$result = Contact::createFromProbe($uid, $contact["url"], false, $contact["network"]);
 
 		if ($result['success']) {
 			q("UPDATE `contact` SET `subhub` = 1 WHERE `id` = %d", intval($contact_id));
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ function _contact_update_profile($contact_id)
 	$update = array();
 
 	if ($data["network"] == NETWORK_OSTATUS) {
-		$result = Contact::create($uid, $data["url"], false);
+		$result = Contact::createFromProbe($uid, $data["url"], false);
 
 		if ($result['success']) {
 			$update["subhub"] = true;
diff --git a/mod/follow.php b/mod/follow.php
index 58ebdf88ed..503410fd09 100644
--- a/mod/follow.php
+++ b/mod/follow.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function follow_post(App $a) {
 	// This is just a precaution if maybe this page is called somewhere directly via POST
 	$_SESSION["fastlane"] = $url;
 
-	$result = Contact::create($uid, $url, true);
+	$result = Contact::createFromProbe($uid, $url, true);
 
 	if ($result['success'] == false) {
 		if ($result['message']) {
diff --git a/mod/ostatus_subscribe.php b/mod/ostatus_subscribe.php
index 0104c3ca1b..9ec58e6f11 100644
--- a/mod/ostatus_subscribe.php
+++ b/mod/ostatus_subscribe.php
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ function ostatus_subscribe_content(App $a) {
 
 	$data = Probe::uri($url);
 	if ($data["network"] == NETWORK_OSTATUS) {
-		$result = Contact::create($uid, $url, true, NETWORK_OSTATUS);
+		$result = Contact::createFromProbe($uid, $url, true, NETWORK_OSTATUS);
 		if ($result["success"]) {
 			$o .= " - ".t("success");
 		} else {
diff --git a/mod/repair_ostatus.php b/mod/repair_ostatus.php
index 5ac08890cd..5b207c2860 100644
--- a/mod/repair_ostatus.php
+++ b/mod/repair_ostatus.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function repair_ostatus_content(App $a) {
 
 	$o .= "<p>".t("Keep this window open until done.")."</p>";
 
-	$result = Contact::create($uid,$r[0]["url"],true);
+	$result = Contact::createFromProbe($uid,$r[0]["url"],true);
 
 	$a->page['htmlhead'] = '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1; URL='.System::baseUrl().'/repair_ostatus?counter='.$counter.'">';
 
diff --git a/mod/salmon.php b/mod/salmon.php
index 9dddc0096d..3a4dececde 100644
--- a/mod/salmon.php
+++ b/mod/salmon.php
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ function salmon_post(App $a) {
 	if (! DBM::is_result($r)) {
 		logger('mod-salmon: Author unknown to us.');
 		if(PConfig::get($importer['uid'],'system','ostatus_autofriend')) {
-			$result = Contact::create($importer['uid'], $author_link);
+			$result = Contact::createFromProbe($importer['uid'], $author_link);
 			if($result['success']) {
 				$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `network` = '%s' AND ( `url` = '%s' OR `alias` = '%s')
 					AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
diff --git a/src/Model/Contact.php b/src/Model/Contact.php
index 1ab6d63ce8..b0f5ef9f24 100644
--- a/src/Model/Contact.php
+++ b/src/Model/Contact.php
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ class Contact extends BaseObject
 	 * @param string $network
 	 * @return boolean|string
 	 */
-	public static function create($uid, $url, $interactive = false, $network = '')
+	public static function createFromProbe($uid, $url, $interactive = false, $network = '')
 	{
 		$result = array('cid' => -1, 'success' => false, 'message' => '');