diff --git a/privatemsg.module b/privatemsg.module
index 3875b531702142e79c2a03f9c2b72b04716d28c2..14bd8ab2e86cd63051bc595351a1e8de4f02d04c 100644
--- a/privatemsg.module
+++ b/privatemsg.module
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ function privatemsg_message_form_submit($form_id, $form_values) {
 }
 
 // API callable from other modules:
-function privatemsg_send($recipient, $subject, $body, $format = FILTER_FORMAT_DEFAULT) {
+function privatemsg_send_privatemsg($recipient, $subject, $body, $format = FILTER_FORMAT_DEFAULT) {
   global $user;
   return _privatemsg_send($user, $recipient, $subject, $body, $format);
 }