diff --git a/benches/benchmark_decrypting.rs b/benches/benchmark_decrypting.rs
index 603c26a9c..4f13a504e 100644
--- a/benches/benchmark_decrypting.rs
+++ b/benches/benchmark_decrypting.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ use deltachat::{
     internals_for_benchmarks::key_from_asc,
     internals_for_benchmarks::parse_and_get_text,
     internals_for_benchmarks::store_self_keypair,
-    pgp::{KeyPair, decrypt, encrypt_symmetrically, pk_encrypt},
+    pgp::{KeyPair, decrypt, pk_encrypt, symm_encrypt_message},
     stock_str::StockStrings,
 };
 use rand::{Rng, thread_rng};
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
         let secrets = generate_secrets();
         let encrypted = tokio::runtime::Runtime::new().unwrap().block_on(async {
             let secret = secrets[NUM_SECRETS / 2].clone();
-            let encrypted = encrypt_symmetrically(
+            let encrypted = symm_encrypt_message(
                 plain.clone(),
                 black_box(&secret),
                 create_dummy_keypair("alice@example.org").unwrap().secret,
diff --git a/src/e2ee.rs b/src/e2ee.rs
index cb01b7bfa..69046de12 100644
--- a/src/e2ee.rs
+++ b/src/e2ee.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ impl EncryptHelper {
         mail_to_encrypt.clone().write_part(cursor).ok();
 
         let ctext =
-            pgp::encrypt_symmetrically(raw_message, shared_secret, sign_key, compress).await?;
+            pgp::symm_encrypt_message(raw_message, shared_secret, sign_key, compress).await?;
 
         Ok(ctext)
     }
diff --git a/src/imex/key_transfer.rs b/src/imex/key_transfer.rs
index 2df464391..84bce5598 100644
--- a/src/imex/key_transfer.rs
+++ b/src/imex/key_transfer.rs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ pub async fn render_setup_file(context: &Context, passphrase: &str) -> Result<St
         true => Some(("Autocrypt-Prefer-Encrypt", "mutual")),
     };
     let private_key_asc = private_key.to_asc(ac_headers);
-    let encr = pgp::symm_encrypt(passphrase, private_key_asc.into_bytes())
+    let encr = pgp::symm_encrypt_setup_file(passphrase, private_key_asc.into_bytes())
         .await?
         .replace('\n', "\r\n");
 
diff --git a/src/pgp.rs b/src/pgp.rs
index be16d6b71..c046d3181 100644
--- a/src/pgp.rs
+++ b/src/pgp.rs
@@ -362,8 +362,8 @@ pub fn pk_validate(
     Ok(ret)
 }
 
-/// Symmetric encryption.
-pub async fn symm_encrypt(passphrase: &str, plain: Vec<u8>) -> Result<String> {
+/// Symmetric encryption for the autocrypt setup file.
+pub async fn symm_encrypt_setup_file(passphrase: &str, plain: Vec<u8>) -> Result<String> {
     let passphrase = Password::from(passphrase.to_string());
 
     tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
@@ -380,11 +380,10 @@ pub async fn symm_encrypt(passphrase: &str, plain: Vec<u8>) -> Result<String> {
     .await?
 }
 
-/// Symmetrically encrypt the message to be sent into a broadcast channel,
-/// or for version 2 of the Securejoin protocol.
+/// Symmetrically encrypt the message.
+/// This is used for broadcast channels and for version 2 of the Securejoin protocol.
 /// `shared secret` is the secret that will be used for symmetric encryption.
-// TODO this name is veeery similar to `symm_encrypt()`
-pub async fn encrypt_symmetrically(
+pub async fn symm_encrypt_message(
     plain: Vec<u8>,
     shared_secret: &str,
     private_key_for_signing: SignedSecretKey,
@@ -654,7 +653,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let plain = Vec::from(b"this is the secret message");
         let shared_secret = "shared secret";
-        let ctext = encrypt_symmetrically(
+        let ctext = symm_encrypt_message(
             plain.clone(),
             shared_secret,
             load_self_secret_key(alice).await?,