diff --git a/API.md b/API.md
index 8d3fba9..23bcf09 100644
--- a/API.md
+++ b/API.md
@@ -636,6 +636,10 @@ standard strftime specifiers are supported (plus the nonstandard %q):
 %w: weekday as number (0-6, 0 being Sunday)
 ```
 
+Flot 0.8 switched from %h to the standard %H hours specifier. The %h specifier
+is still available, for backwards-compatibility, but is deprecated and
+scheduled to be removed permanently with the release of version 1.0.
+
 You can customize the month names with the "monthNames" option. For
 instance, for Danish you might specify:
 
diff --git a/jquery.flot.time.js b/jquery.flot.time.js
index c457ca5..15f5281 100644
--- a/jquery.flot.time.js
+++ b/jquery.flot.time.js
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ API.txt for details.
 					case 'b': c = "" + monthNames[d.getMonth()]; break;
 					case 'd': c = leftPad(d.getDate()); break;
 					case 'e': c = leftPad(d.getDate(), " "); break;
+					case 'h':	// For back-compat with 0.7; remove in 1.0
 					case 'H': c = leftPad(hours); break;
 					case 'I': c = leftPad(hours12); break;
 					case 'l': c = leftPad(hours12, " "); break;