diff --git a/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/reference/places.scrbl b/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/reference/places.scrbl
index b109b889d8..19d16a319a 100644
--- a/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/reference/places.scrbl
+++ b/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/reference/places.scrbl
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ The @racket[place] binding is protected in the same way as
 The @racket[place*] binding is protected in the same way as
  @racket[dynamic-place].}
 
-@defform[(open-place id body ...+)]{
+@defform[(place/context id body ...+)]{
   Like @racket[place], but @racket[body ...] may have free lexical
   variables, which are automatically sent to the newly-created place.
   Note that these variables must have values accepted by
diff --git a/racket/collects/racket/place.rkt b/racket/collects/racket/place.rkt
index a0edba1b11..cd3d8d9973 100644
--- a/racket/collects/racket/place.rkt
+++ b/racket/collects/racket/place.rkt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
          processor-count
          (protect-out place
                       place*)
-         open-place
+         place/context
          (rename-out [pl-place-enabled? place-enabled?])
          place-dead-evt
          place-location?
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
      (error who "the enclosing module's resolved name is not a path or predefined"))
   (start-place-func who (if (symbol? name) `(quote ,name) name) func-name in out err))
 
-(define-syntax (open-place stx)
+(define-syntax (place/context stx)
   (syntax-parse stx
     [(_ ch:id body:expr ...)
      (define b #'(let () body ...))
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
          (for ([e (in-vector vec)]
                [n (in-list (syntax->list (quote-syntax (fvs ...))))])
            (unless (place-message-allowed? e)
-             (raise-arguments-error 'open-place
+             (raise-arguments-error 'place/context
                                     "free variable values must be allowable as place messages"
                                     (symbol->string (syntax-e n)) e)))
          (place-channel-put p vec)