diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 4cbad8700..a39074357 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ _.any([null, 0, 'yes', false]);
 
       <p id="include">
         <b class="header">include</b><code>_.include(list, value)</code>
+        <span class="alias">Alias: <b>contains</b></span>
         <br />
         Returns <i>true</i> if the <b>value</b> is present in the <b>list</b>, using
         <i>===</i> to test equality. Uses <b>indexOf</b> internally, if <b>list</b>
diff --git a/test/collections.js b/test/collections.js
index eb449d690..9c72e889e 100644
--- a/test/collections.js
+++ b/test/collections.js
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
   test('collections: include', function() {
     ok(_.include([1,2,3], 2), 'two is in the array');
     ok(!_.include([1,3,9], 2), 'two is not in the array');
-    ok(_.include({moe:1, larry:3, curly:9}, 3), '_.include on objects checks their values');
+    ok(_.contains({moe:1, larry:3, curly:9}, 3), '_.include on objects checks their values');
     ok(_([1,2,3]).include(2), 'OO-style include');
   });
 
diff --git a/test/objects.js b/test/objects.js
index 7dadb8476..fc9c93d42 100644
--- a/test/objects.js
+++ b/test/objects.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 
   test("objects: functions", function() {
     var expected = ["all", "any", "bind", "bindAll", "breakLoop", "clone", "compact",
-    "compose","defer", "delay", "detect", "each", "every", "extend", "filter", "first",
+    "compose", "contains", "defer", "delay", "detect", "each", "every", "extend", "filter", "first",
     "flatten", "foldl", "foldr", "forEach", "functions", "head", "identity", "include",
     "indexOf", "inject", "intersect", "invoke", "isArguments", "isArray", "isBoolean", "isDate", "isElement", "isEmpty", "isEqual",
     "isFunction", "isNaN", "isNull", "isNumber", "isRegExp", "isString", "isUndefined", "keys", "last", "lastIndexOf", "map", "max",
diff --git a/underscore.js b/underscore.js
index a7274adea..5d45d8536 100644
--- a/underscore.js
+++ b/underscore.js
@@ -651,6 +651,7 @@
   _.select   = _.filter;
   _.all      = _.every;
   _.any      = _.some;
+  _.contains = _.include;
   _.head     = _.first;
   _.tail     = _.rest;
   _.methods  = _.functions;