1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/base/symkey.h b/src/lib/base/symkey.h
index a010cc466..69becdd4e 100644
--- a/src/lib/base/symkey.h
+++ b/src/lib/base/symkey.h
@@ -43,7 +43,12 @@ class BOTAN_PUBLIC_API(2,0) OctetString final
       /**
       * @return this encoded as hex
       */
-      std::string as_string() const;
+      std::string to_string() const;
+
+      std::string BOTAN_DEPRECATED("Use OctetString::to_string") as_string() const
+         {
+         return this->to_string();
+         }
 
       /**
       * XOR the contents of another octet string into this one