diff --git a/lib/private/Files/SimpleFS/NewSimpleFile.php b/lib/private/Files/SimpleFS/NewSimpleFile.php
index 02dde1d2f8..2c74a16fa9 100644
--- a/lib/private/Files/SimpleFS/NewSimpleFile.php
+++ b/lib/private/Files/SimpleFS/NewSimpleFile.php
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class NewSimpleFile implements ISimpleFile {
 	public function putContent($data) {
 		try {
 			if ($this->file) {
-				return $this->file->putContent($data);
+				$this->file->putContent($data);
 			} else {
 				$this->file = $this->parentFolder->newFile($this->name, $data);
 			}
diff --git a/lib/private/Files/SimpleFS/SimpleFolder.php b/lib/private/Files/SimpleFS/SimpleFolder.php
index 76f6a198e2..a4ebc6b4e5 100644
--- a/lib/private/Files/SimpleFS/SimpleFolder.php
+++ b/lib/private/Files/SimpleFS/SimpleFolder.php
@@ -80,8 +80,13 @@ class SimpleFolder implements ISimpleFolder   {
 		return new SimpleFile($file);
 	}
 
-	public function newFile($name) {
-		// delay creating the file until it's written to
-		return new NewSimpleFile($this->folder, $name);
+	public function newFile($name, $content = null) {
+		if ($content === null) {
+			// delay creating the file until it's written to
+			return new NewSimpleFile($this->folder, $name);
+		} else {
+			$file = $this->folder->newFile($name, $content);
+			return new SimpleFile($file);
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/public/Files/Folder.php b/lib/public/Files/Folder.php
index e7286ea028..a78a9ca8f7 100644
--- a/lib/public/Files/Folder.php
+++ b/lib/public/Files/Folder.php
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ interface Folder extends Node {
 	 * Create a new file
 	 *
 	 * @param string $path relative path of the new file
-	 * @param string | resource | null $content content for the new file, since 19.0.0
+	 * @param string|resource|null $content content for the new file, since 19.0.0
 	 * @return \OCP\Files\File
 	 * @throws \OCP\Files\NotPermittedException
 	 * @since 6.0.0
diff --git a/lib/public/Files/SimpleFS/ISimpleFolder.php b/lib/public/Files/SimpleFS/ISimpleFolder.php
index e3ef2bb48c..22f8c90849 100644
--- a/lib/public/Files/SimpleFS/ISimpleFolder.php
+++ b/lib/public/Files/SimpleFS/ISimpleFolder.php
@@ -64,11 +64,12 @@ interface ISimpleFolder {
 	 * Creates a new file with $name in the folder
 	 *
 	 * @param string $name
+	 * @param string|resource|null $content @since 19.0.0
 	 * @return ISimpleFile
 	 * @throws NotPermittedException
 	 * @since 11.0.0
 	 */
-	public function newFile($name);
+	public function newFile($name, $content = null);
 
 	/**
 	 * Remove the folder and all the files in it