1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/paren.el b/lisp/paren.el
index fe2beae4edd..7c6abe087b9 100644
--- a/lisp/paren.el
+++ b/lisp/paren.el
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ otherwise)."
   :group 'paren-showing
   :version "20.3")
 
-(defface show-paren-match-face
+(defface show-paren-match
   '((((class color) (background light))
      :background "turquoise")           ; looks OK on tty (becomes cyan)
     (((class color) (background dark))
@@ -83,13 +83,17 @@ otherwise)."
   "Show Paren mode face used for a matching paren."
   :group 'faces
   :group 'paren-showing)
+;; backward-compatibility alias
+(put 'show-paren-match-face 'face-alias 'show-paren-match)
 
-(defface show-paren-mismatch-face
+(defface show-paren-mismatch
   '((((class color)) (:foreground "white" :background "purple"))
     (t (:inverse-video t)))
   "Show Paren mode face used for a mismatching paren."
   :group 'faces
   :group 'paren-showing)
+;; backward-compatibility alias
+(put 'show-paren-mismatch-face 'face-alias 'show-paren-mismatch)
 
 (defvar show-paren-highlight-openparen t
   "*Non-nil turns on openparen highlighting when matching forward.")
@@ -193,8 +197,8 @@ in `show-paren-style' after `show-paren-delay' seconds of Emacs idle time."
               (progn
                 (if show-paren-ring-bell-on-mismatch
                     (beep))
-                (setq face 'show-paren-mismatch-face))
-            (setq face 'show-paren-match-face))
+                (setq face 'show-paren-mismatch))
+            (setq face 'show-paren-match))
           ;;
           ;; If matching backwards, highlight the closeparen
           ;; before point as well as its matching open.