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diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc.el
index 8031bea490f..620b21d0a1b 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc.el
@@ -720,10 +720,15 @@ name from the base name of DIR."
pkg-dir)))
;;;###autoload
-(defun package-vc-refresh (pkg-desc)
- "Refresh the installation for package given by PKG-DESC.
-Interactively, prompt for the name of the package to refresh."
- (interactive (list (package-vc--read-package-desc "Refresh package: " t)))
+(defun package-vc-rebuild (pkg-desc)
+ "Rebuild the installation for package given by PKG-DESC.
+Rebuilding an installation means scraping for new autoload
+cookies, re-compiling Emacs Lisp files, building and installing
+any documentation, downloading any missing dependencies. This
+command does not fetch new revisions from a remote server. That
+is the responsibility of `package-vc-update'. Interactively,
+prompt for the name of the package to rebuild."
+ (interactive (list (package-vc--read-package-desc "Rebuild package: " t)))
(package-vc--unpack-1 pkg-desc (package-desc-dir pkg-desc)))
;;;###autoload