diff --git a/API.md b/API.md
index 9c9199f..df0cf24 100644
--- a/API.md
+++ b/API.md
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ legend: {
     backgroundColor: null or color
     backgroundOpacity: number between 0 and 1
     container: null or jQuery object/DOM element/jQuery expression
-    sorted: null/false, true, "ascending", "descending" or a comparator
+    sorted: null/false, true, "ascending", "descending", "reverse", or a comparator
 }
 ```
 
@@ -197,9 +197,10 @@ specify "container" as a jQuery object/expression to put the legend
 table into. The "position" and "margin" etc. options will then be
 ignored. Note that Flot will overwrite the contents of the container.
 
-Legend entries appear in the same order as their series by default. To
-sort them alphabetically, you can specify "sorted" as tue, "ascending"
-or "descending", where true and "ascending" are equivalent.
+Legend entries appear in the same order as their series by default. If "sorted"
+is "reverse" then they appear in the opposite order from their series. To sort
+them alphabetically, you can specify true, "ascending" or "descending", where
+true and "ascending" are equivalent.
 
 You can also provide your own comparator function that accepts two
 objects with "label" and "color" properties, and returns zero if they
diff --git a/jquery.flot.js b/jquery.flot.js
index 7a0b04e..09d8fd0 100644
--- a/jquery.flot.js
+++ b/jquery.flot.js
@@ -2315,6 +2315,8 @@ Licensed under the MIT license.
             if (options.legend.sorted) {
                 if ($.isFunction(options.legend.sorted)) {
                     entries.sort(options.legend.sorted);
+                } else if (options.legend.sorted == "reverse") {
+                	entries.reverse();
                 } else {
                     var ascending = options.legend.sorted != "descending";
                     entries.sort(function(a, b) {