diff --git a/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/MetaInfo.java b/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/MetaInfo.java
index 42fcd5188..86f1695b7 100644
--- a/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/MetaInfo.java
+++ b/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/MetaInfo.java
@@ -430,6 +430,18 @@ public class MetaInfo
     info_hash = calculateInfoHash();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Efficiently returns the name and the 20 byte SHA1 hash of the info dictionary in a torrent file.
+   * Caller must close stream.
+   * Unused within snark, used by i2psnark-rpc plugin.
+   *
+   * @param infoHashOut 20-byte out parameter
+   * @since 0.8.5
+   */
+  public static String getNameAndInfoHash(InputStream in, byte[] infoHashOut) throws IOException {
+      return getNameAndInfoHash(in, infoHashOut, new AtomicLong());
+  }
+
   /**
    * Efficiently returns the name and the 20 byte SHA1 hash of the info dictionary in a torrent file,
    * and approximate total length.
@@ -437,7 +449,7 @@ public class MetaInfo
    *
    * @param infoHashOut 20-byte out parameter
    * @param lengthOut out parameter approximate, not exact
-   * @since 0.8.5
+   * @since 0.9.71
    */
   public static String getNameAndInfoHash(InputStream in, byte[] infoHashOut, AtomicLong lengthOut) throws IOException {
       BDecoder bd = new BDecoder(in);