diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/TagHelpers/DefaultTagHelperContent.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/TagHelpers/DefaultTagHelperContent.cs
index 584cf084d6..38a28193ae 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/TagHelpers/DefaultTagHelperContent.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/TagHelpers/DefaultTagHelperContent.cs
@@ -122,15 +122,16 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override TagHelperContent Append(string value)
+        public override TagHelperContent Append(string unencoded)
         {
-            Buffer.Append(value);
+            Buffer.Append(unencoded);
             return this;
         }
 
-        public override TagHelperContent AppendEncoded(string value)
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override TagHelperContent AppendHtml(string encoded)
         {
-            Buffer.AppendEncoded(value);
+            Buffer.AppendHtml(encoded);
             return this;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/TagHelpers/TagHelperContent.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/TagHelpers/TagHelperContent.cs
index dc89db6061..8fe406274f 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/TagHelpers/TagHelperContent.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/TagHelpers/TagHelperContent.cs
@@ -61,18 +61,18 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
         /// as-provided and no further encoding will be performed.
         /// </param>
         /// <returns>A reference to this instance after the set operation has completed.</returns>
-        public TagHelperContent SetContentEncoded(string encoded)
+        public TagHelperContent SetHtmlContent(string encoded)
         {
-            HtmlContentBuilderExtensions.SetContentEncoded(this, encoded);
+            HtmlContentBuilderExtensions.SetHtmlContent(this, encoded);
             return this;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Appends <paramref name="value"/> to the existing content.
+        /// Appends <paramref name="unencoded"/> to the existing content.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="value">The <see cref="string"/> to be appended.</param>
+        /// <param name="unencoded">The <see cref="string"/> to be appended.</param>
         /// <returns>A reference to this instance after the append operation has completed.</returns>
-        public abstract TagHelperContent Append(string value);
+        public abstract TagHelperContent Append(string unencoded);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Appends <paramref name="htmlContent"/> to the existing content.
@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
         public abstract TagHelperContent Append(IHtmlContent htmlContent);
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Appends <paramref name="value"/> to the existing content. <paramref name="value"/> is assumed
+        /// Appends <paramref name="encoded"/> to the existing content. <paramref name="encoded"/> is assumed
         /// to be an HTML encoded <see cref="string"/> and no further encoding will be performed.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="value">The <see cref="string"/> to be appended.</param>
+        /// <param name="encoded">The <see cref="string"/> to be appended.</param>
         /// <returns>A reference to this instance after the append operation has completed.</returns>
-        public abstract TagHelperContent AppendEncoded(string value);
+        public abstract TagHelperContent AppendHtml(string encoded);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Appends the specified <paramref name="format"/> to the existing content after
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        IHtmlContentBuilder IHtmlContentBuilder.AppendEncoded(string encoded)
+        IHtmlContentBuilder IHtmlContentBuilder.AppendHtml(string encoded)
         {
-            return AppendEncoded(encoded);
+            return AppendHtml(encoded);
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.Test/TagHelpers/DefaultTagHelperContentTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.Test/TagHelpers/DefaultTagHelperContentTest.cs
index 3030db3270..fc5fb2f7f3 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.Test/TagHelpers/DefaultTagHelperContentTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.Test/TagHelpers/DefaultTagHelperContentTest.cs
@@ -39,6 +39,33 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
             Assert.Equal(expected, tagHelperContent.GetContent(new CommonTestEncoder()));
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void SetHtmlContent_TextIsNotFurtherEncoded()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var tagHelperContent = new DefaultTagHelperContent();
+
+            // Act
+            tagHelperContent.SetHtmlContent("Hi");
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal("Hi", tagHelperContent.GetContent(new CommonTestEncoder()));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void SetHtmlContent_ClearsExistingContent()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var tagHelperContent = new DefaultTagHelperContent();
+            tagHelperContent.AppendHtml("Contoso");
+
+            // Act
+            tagHelperContent.SetHtmlContent("Hello World!");
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal("Hello World!", tagHelperContent.GetContent(new CommonTestEncoder()));
+        }
+
         [Theory]
         [InlineData("HelloWorld!", "HtmlEncode[[HelloWorld!]]")]
         [InlineData("  ", "HtmlEncode[[  ]]")]
@@ -473,11 +500,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
         }
 
         [Fact]
-        public void AppendEncoded_DoesNotGetEncoded()
+        public void AppendHtml_DoesNotGetEncoded()
         {
             // Arrange
             var tagHelperContent = new DefaultTagHelperContent();
-            tagHelperContent.AppendEncoded("Hi");
+            tagHelperContent.AppendHtml("Hi");
 
             var writer = new StringWriter();