diff --git a/control/Controller.php b/control/Controller.php
index 0f7b124e3..df424c000 100644
--- a/control/Controller.php
+++ b/control/Controller.php
@@ -415,23 +415,6 @@ class Controller extends RequestHandler implements TemplateGlobalProvider {
 		$d->setValue(date("Y-m-d h:i:s"));
 		return $d;
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Returns the currently logged in user
-	 */
-	function CurrentMember() {
-		return Member::currentUser();
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Return true if the visitor has signed up for a login account before
-	 * @return boolean
-	 */
-	function PastMember() {
-		return Cookie::get("PastMember") ? true : false;
-	}
-
-	/**
 	 * Pushes this controller onto the stack of current controllers.
 	 * This means that any redirection, session setting, or other things that rely on Controller::curr() will now write to this
 	 * controller object.
diff --git a/docs/en/reference/built-in-page-controls.md b/docs/en/reference/built-in-page-controls.md
index 73ff32f1c..e4a3c4b08 100644
--- a/docs/en/reference/built-in-page-controls.md
+++ b/docs/en/reference/built-in-page-controls.md
@@ -210,13 +210,13 @@ If the user is logged in this will print out
 	Welcome Back, Admin
 
 
-#### <% if PastMember %>
+#### <% if IsRepeatMember %>
 
-Detect the visitor's previous experience with the site. `$PastMember` will return true if the visitor has signed up or
-logged in on the site before.
+Detect the visitor's previous experience with the site. `$IsRepeatMember` will return true if the visitor has signed up or logged in on the site before.
 
-Note that as of version 2.4 `$PastVisitor` is deprecated. If you wish to check if a visitor has been to the site before,
-set a cookie with `Cookie::set()` and test for it with `Cookie::get()`.
+Note that as of version 2.4 `$PastVisitor` is deprecated. If you wish to check if a visitor has been to the site before, set a cookie with `Cookie::set()` and test for it with `Cookie::get()`.
+
+Note that in 2.4 this variable was called `$PastMember`.  This still works in 3.0 but is deprecated.
 
 ### Date and Time
 
diff --git a/security/Member.php b/security/Member.php
index b1e12a1c7..e4a44e761 100644
--- a/security/Member.php
+++ b/security/Member.php
@@ -559,7 +559,13 @@ class Member extends DataObject implements TemplateGlobalProvider {
 			return DataObject::get_one("Member", "\"Member\".\"ID\" = $id", true, 1);
 		}
 	}
-
+	
+	/**
+	 * Returns true if the current member is a repeat visitor who has logged in more than once.
+	 */
+	static function is_repeat_member() {
+		return Cookie::get("PastMember") ? true : false;
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Get the ID of the current logged in user
@@ -1377,7 +1383,9 @@ class Member extends DataObject implements TemplateGlobalProvider {
 	public static function get_template_global_variables() {
 		return array(
 			'CurrentMember' => 'currentUser',
-			'currentUser'
+			'currentUser',
+			'PastMember' => 'is_repeat_member',
+			'IsRepeatMember' => 'is_repeat_member',
 		);
 	}
 }