1 files changed, 15 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/whitespace.el b/lisp/whitespace.el
index c0d9280a441..a119793c3a9 100644
--- a/lisp/whitespace.el
+++ b/lisp/whitespace.el
@@ -307,8 +307,8 @@ To disable timer scans, set this to zero."
   :group 'whitespace)
 
 (defcustom whitespace-display-spaces-in-color t
-  "Display the bogus whitespaces by coloring them with
-`whitespace-highlight-face'."
+  "Display the bogus whitespaces by coloring them with the face
+`whitespace-highlight'."
   :type 'boolean
   :group 'whitespace)
 
@@ -318,18 +318,20 @@ To disable timer scans, set this to zero."
   :group 'whitespace
   :group 'faces)
 
-(defface whitespace-highlight-face '((((class color) (background light))
-                                      (:background "green1"))
-                                     (((class color) (background dark))
-                                      (:background "sea green"))
-                                     (((class grayscale mono)
-                                       (background light))
-                                      (:background "black"))
-                                     (((class grayscale mono)
-                                       (background dark))
-                                      (:background "white")))
+(defface whitespace-highlight '((((class color) (background light))
+                                 (:background "green1"))
+                                (((class color) (background dark))
+                                 (:background "sea green"))
+                                (((class grayscale mono)
+                                  (background light))
+                                 (:background "black"))
+                                (((class grayscale mono)
+                                  (background dark))
+                                 (:background "white")))
   "Face used for highlighting the bogus whitespaces that exist in the buffer."
   :group 'whitespace-faces)
+;; backward-compatibility alias
+(put 'whitespace-highlight-face 'face-alias 'whitespace-highlight)
 
 (if (not (assoc 'whitespace-mode minor-mode-alist))
     (setq minor-mode-alist (cons '(whitespace-mode whitespace-mode-line)
@@ -734,7 +736,7 @@ Also with whitespaces whose testing has been turned off."
   (if whitespace-display-spaces-in-color
       (let ((ol (whitespace-make-overlay b e)))
         (push ol whitespace-highlighted-space)
-        (whitespace-overlay-put ol 'face 'whitespace-highlight-face))))
+        (whitespace-overlay-put ol 'face 'whitespace-highlight))))
 ;;  (add-hook 'pre-command-hook 'whitespace-unhighlight-the-space))
 
 (defun whitespace-unhighlight-the-space()