diff --git a/docs/changes.rst b/docs/changes.rst
index 7fa59a3c..4d58ff4e 100644
--- a/docs/changes.rst
+++ b/docs/changes.rst
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ backends:
     and all functionality is maintained by assigning to the playlists
     collections at the backend level.
 
+  - :meth:`mopidy.core.StoredPlaylistsController.save` now returns the saved
+    playlist. The returned playlist may differ from the saved playlist, and
+    should thus be used instead of the saved playlist.
+
 **Changes**
 
 - Made the :mod:`NAD mixer <mopidy.audio.mixers.nad>` responsive to interrupts
diff --git a/mopidy/core/stored_playlists.py b/mopidy/core/stored_playlists.py
index b34b8bc1..8f87db58 100644
--- a/mopidy/core/stored_playlists.py
+++ b/mopidy/core/stored_playlists.py
@@ -136,8 +136,15 @@ class StoredPlaylistsController(object):
         """
         Save the playlist to the set of stored playlists.
 
+        Returns the saved playlist. The return playlist may differ from the
+        saved playlist. E.g. if the playlist name was changed, the returned
+        playlist may have a different URI. The caller of this method should
+        throw away the playlist sent to this method, and use the returned
+        playlist instead.
+
         :param playlist: the playlist
         :type playlist: :class:`mopidy.models.Playlist`
+        :rtype: :class:`mopidy.models.Playlist`
         """
         # TODO Support multiple backends
         return self.backends[0].stored_playlists.save(playlist).get()