diff --git a/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/workspace.test.ts b/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/workspace.test.ts
index 89ba7a38602f5751fa073af3b0f17aca99a18c6d..0e8a23e8f3925adaa36eabe262762cb0886d1d85 100644
--- a/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/workspace.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/workspace.test.ts
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ suite('workspace-namespace', () => {
 		});
 	});
 
-	test('openTextDocument, untitled without path but language ID and contents', function () {
-		return workspace.openTextDocument({ language: 'html', contents: '<h1>Hello world!</h1>' }).then(doc => {
+	test('openTextDocument, untitled without path but language ID and content', function () {
+		return workspace.openTextDocument({ language: 'html', content: '<h1>Hello world!</h1>' }).then(doc => {
 			assert.equal(doc.uri.scheme, 'untitled');
 			assert.equal(doc.languageId, 'html');
 			assert.ok(doc.isDirty);
diff --git a/src/vs/vscode.d.ts b/src/vs/vscode.d.ts
index 3f67c01d6c8e42f4f023b27200ded140def33b16..0dc764fd500947af9dc24f90943cadfcfeb4b25a 100644
--- a/src/vs/vscode.d.ts
+++ b/src/vs/vscode.d.ts
@@ -4080,12 +4080,12 @@ declare module 'vscode' {
 		/**
 		 * Opens an untitled text document. The editor will prompt the user for a file
 		 * path when the document is to be saved. The `options` parameter allows to
-		 * specify the *language* of the document.
+		 * specify the *language* and/or the *content* of the document.
 		 *
 		 * @param options Options to control how the document will be created.
 		 * @return A promise that resolves to a [document](#TextDocument).
 		 */
-		export function openTextDocument(options?: { language?: string; contents?: string; }): Thenable<TextDocument>;
+		export function openTextDocument(options?: { language?: string; content?: string; }): Thenable<TextDocument>;
 
 		/**
 		 * Register a text document content provider.
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.api.impl.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.api.impl.ts
index 58f32f4c8c8d12fb9df2149428b8eba4d4e201fc..995031bdfbaf051ac8bffbf404bf3a3a05451428 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.api.impl.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.api.impl.ts
@@ -368,10 +368,10 @@ export function createApiFactory(initData: IInitData, threadService: IThreadServ
 			set textDocuments(value) {
 				throw errors.readonly();
 			},
-			openTextDocument(uriOrFileNameOrOptions?: vscode.Uri | string | { language?: string; contents?: string; }) {
+			openTextDocument(uriOrFileNameOrOptions?: vscode.Uri | string | { language?: string; content?: string; }) {
 				let uriPromise: TPromise<URI>;
 
-				let options = uriOrFileNameOrOptions as { language?: string; contents?: string; };
+				let options = uriOrFileNameOrOptions as { language?: string; content?: string; };
 				if (!options || typeof options.language === 'string') {
 					uriPromise = extHostDocuments.createDocumentData(options);
 				} else if (typeof uriOrFileNameOrOptions === 'string') {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.protocol.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.protocol.ts
index 1862112d114db78acf13f9cb6854ded5f3677dc4..51d64d7dc8e2a5d21c52d17c891e9c374b4f65bc 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.protocol.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.protocol.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ export abstract class MainThreadDiagnosticsShape {
 }
 
 export abstract class MainThreadDocumentsShape {
-	$tryCreateDocument(options?: { language?: string; contents?: string; }): TPromise<any> { throw ni(); }
+	$tryCreateDocument(options?: { language?: string; content?: string; }): TPromise<any> { throw ni(); }
 	$tryOpenDocument(uri: URI): TPromise<any> { throw ni(); }
 	$registerTextContentProvider(handle: number, scheme: string): void { throw ni(); }
 	$onVirtualDocumentChange(uri: URI, value: ITextSource): void { throw ni(); }
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostDocuments.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostDocuments.ts
index 4763902f279f34d1d370df2562a2971badbecfe7..f2eded6cbc66a4cc89efda62e3db31d3a6f08051 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostDocuments.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostDocuments.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export class ExtHostDocuments extends ExtHostDocumentsShape {
 		return promise;
 	}
 
-	public createDocumentData(options?: { language?: string; contents?: string }): TPromise<URI> {
+	public createDocumentData(options?: { language?: string; content?: string }): TPromise<URI> {
 		return this._proxy.$tryCreateDocument(options);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/mainThreadDocuments.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/mainThreadDocuments.ts
index ae4e71de2c11788a6f8c4e37f7240790ac6a668d..495b40acfbb49fbea1b691b25775f33d581f5c7c 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/mainThreadDocuments.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/mainThreadDocuments.ts
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ export class MainThreadDocuments extends MainThreadDocumentsShape {
 		});
 	}
 
-	$tryCreateDocument(options?: { language?: string, contents?: string }): TPromise<URI> {
-		return this._doCreateUntitled(void 0, options ? options.language : void 0, options ? options.contents : void 0);
+	$tryCreateDocument(options?: { language?: string, content?: string }): TPromise<URI> {
+		return this._doCreateUntitled(void 0, options ? options.language : void 0, options ? options.content : void 0);
 	}
 
 	private _handleAsResourceInput(uri: URI): TPromise<boolean> {