diff --git a/src/matrix/room/timeline/entries/BaseEventEntry.js b/src/matrix/room/timeline/entries/BaseEventEntry.js
index b6850540..ecbacb6e 100644
--- a/src/matrix/room/timeline/entries/BaseEventEntry.js
+++ b/src/matrix/room/timeline/entries/BaseEventEntry.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {BaseEntry} from "./BaseEntry.js";
 import {REDACTION_TYPE} from "../../common.js";
 import {createAnnotation, ANNOTATION_RELATION_TYPE, getRelationFromContent} from "../relations.js";
 import {PendingAnnotation} from "../PendingAnnotation.js";
-import {reply} from "./reply.js"
+import {createReplyContent} from "./reply.js"
 
 /** Deals mainly with local echo for relations and redactions,
  * so it is shared between PendingEventEntry and EventEntry */
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export class BaseEventEntry extends BaseEntry {
     }
 
     reply(msgtype, body) {
-        return reply(this, msgtype, body);
+        return createReplyContent(this, msgtype, body);
     }
 
     /** takes both remote event id and local txn id into account, see overriding in PendingEventEntry */
diff --git a/src/matrix/room/timeline/entries/reply.js b/src/matrix/room/timeline/entries/reply.js
index 0120f332..2e180c11 100644
--- a/src/matrix/room/timeline/entries/reply.js
+++ b/src/matrix/room/timeline/entries/reply.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function fallbackPrefix(msgtype) {
     return msgtype === "m.emote" ? "* " : "";
 }
 
-function createReply(targetId, msgtype, body, formattedBody) {
+function _createReplyContent(targetId, msgtype, body, formattedBody) {
     return {
         msgtype,
         body,
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ function createReply(targetId, msgtype, body, formattedBody) {
     };
 }
 
-export function reply(entry, msgtype, body) {
+export function createReplyContent(entry, msgtype, body) {
     // TODO check for absense of sender / body / msgtype / etc?
     const nonTextual = fallbackForNonTextualMessage(entry.content.msgtype);
     const prefix = fallbackPrefix(entry.content.msgtype);
@@ -70,5 +70,5 @@ export function reply(entry, msgtype, body) {
 
     const newBody = plainFallback + '\n\n' + body;
     const newFormattedBody = formattedFallback + htmlEscape(body);
-    return createReply(entry.id, msgtype, newBody, newFormattedBody);
+    return _createReplyContent(entry.id, msgtype, newBody, newFormattedBody);
 }