[jQuery] changing content for span tag on the fly

Hi
Can someone please tell me how i can change the text between span tags
on the fly using jQuery
I have tag like this
<span id="scrollStats" style="font-size: 70%; width: 80px; text-
align: center; position: absolute; bottom: 392px; left: 15px;"></span>
i have tried these but none seem to work
$("#scrollStats").val("im here!!");
$("#scrollStats").setText("works?");
Thanks!