The Scotland Office has undergone a mini-rebrand amid fears too many Scots don’t know what it does.
It is now known as the “UK Government for Scotland” on its Facebook page and part of its Twitter handle.
The main Twitter name is still the Scotland Office and sources insisted there were no plans to drop the name.
“It is still the Scotland Office, we are not going to change that at all,” one said.
“But it was felt that there was too little understanding of what areas were devolved and what areas were reserved, of what it is that the UK Government does and what it is that the Scottish Government does."
He added: “We are keen to emphasise that Scotland has two governments.”
The lack of awareness was highlighted as part of the cross-party Smith negotiations, set up in the wake of last year’s independence referendum.
Last month research also showed that most Scottish taxpayers are unaware of the new Scottish Rate of Income Tax (SRIT), due to be launched within months.
Scottish ministers will have the power to set the rate by next April.
But a focus group set up by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) found just one person in 85 had heard of the changes.
Scotland Office sources said that ministers were keen to emphasise the Whitehall department’s role in Scotland.
They added that no further reforms were planned and that the changes had been made in-house and not through discussions with a branding agency.
UK Government department's have undergone similar rebranding exercises before.
In 2011 the Department for International Development (DfID) renamed its operations in the developing world "UKAid" to make clear where the contributions came from.
The Conservative Government has just one MP in Scotland, Scottish Secretary David Mundell.
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