diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index 22ce9a927..c70525218 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ END TEMPLATE-->
 
 ### Breaking changes
 
-*None yet*
+* Reversed an undocumented breaking change from `v267.3.0`: entity spawning with a `MapCoordinates` now takes the rotation as relative to the map again instead of relative to the grid the entity was attached to.
 
 ### New features
 
diff --git a/Robust.Shared/GameObjects/EntityManager.cs b/Robust.Shared/GameObjects/EntityManager.cs
index 349e648fc..4c8e1d5e8 100644
--- a/Robust.Shared/GameObjects/EntityManager.cs
+++ b/Robust.Shared/GameObjects/EntityManager.cs
@@ -366,7 +366,8 @@ namespace Robust.Shared.GameObjects
                 && meta.EntityLifeStage < EntityLifeStage.Terminating)
             {
                 coords = new EntityCoordinates(gridUid, _mapSystem.WorldToLocal(gridUid, grid, coordinates.Position));
-                _xforms.SetCoordinates(newEntity, transform, coords, rotation, unanchor: false);
+                var relativeRotation = rotation - _xforms.GetWorldRotation(gridUid);
+                _xforms.SetCoordinates(newEntity, transform, coords, relativeRotation, unanchor: false);
             }
             else
             {
diff --git a/Robust.Shared/GameObjects/IEntityManager.cs b/Robust.Shared/GameObjects/IEntityManager.cs
index c24308bc1..d0763cf1b 100644
--- a/Robust.Shared/GameObjects/IEntityManager.cs
+++ b/Robust.Shared/GameObjects/IEntityManager.cs
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ namespace Robust.Shared.GameObjects
         /// <param name="prototypeName">Name of the <see cref="EntityPrototype"/> to spawn.</param>
         /// <param name="coordinates">Coordinates to place the newly spawned entity.</param>
         /// <param name="overrides">Overrides to add or remove components that differ from the prototype.</param>
-        /// <param name="rotation">Local rotation to set the newly spawned entity to.</param>
+        /// <param name="rotation">World rotation to set the newly spawned entity to.</param>
         /// <returns>A new uninitialized entity.</returns>
         /// <remarks>If there is a grid at the <paramref name="coordinates"/>, the entity will be parented to the grid.
         /// Otherwise, it will be parented to the map.</remarks>