diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d6b0798fc6..5d74addbbc 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2005-02-10  Andy Wingo  <wingo@pobox.com>
 
+	* gst/gstcaps.h:
+	* gst/gstcaps.c (gst_caps_get_writable): Change from
+	copy_on_write.
+
 	* docs/gst/tmpl: Commit whatever automagic updates gtkdoc is
 	doing.
 
diff --git a/gst/gstcaps.c b/gst/gstcaps.c
index e2a670d7d8..dc699bfa51 100644
--- a/gst/gstcaps.c
+++ b/gst/gstcaps.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ _gst_caps_free (GstCaps * caps)
 }
 
 GstCaps *
-gst_caps_copy_on_write (GstCaps * caps)
+gst_caps_get_writable (GstCaps * caps)
 {
   GstCaps *copy;
 
diff --git a/gst/gstcaps.h b/gst/gstcaps.h
index cb1f409603..28fd01de1f 100644
--- a/gst/gstcaps.h
+++ b/gst/gstcaps.h
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ GstCaps *                gst_caps_copy                                  (const G
 GstCaps * 		 gst_caps_copy_1 				(const GstCaps *caps);
 
 /* reference counting */
-GstCaps *                gst_caps_copy_on_write          		(GstCaps *caps);
+GstCaps *                gst_caps_get_writable          		(GstCaps *caps);
 GstCaps *                gst_caps_ref                    		(GstCaps* caps);
 GstCaps *                gst_caps_ref_by_count           		(GstCaps* caps, gint count);
 void                     gst_caps_unref                  		(GstCaps* caps);