diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index adaaf04f..f74a4e7f 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@
   search of transformations. The S3 class of transformations has been
   renamed from `"trans"` to `"transform"`. `new_transform()` is the new 
   `trans_new()`.
+* Palette functions now have the `pal_`-prefix. The old `_pal`-suffixed versions
+  are kept for backward compatibility.
   
-
 # scales 1.2.1
 
 * Re-document to fix HTML issues in `.Rd`.
diff --git a/R/documentation.R b/R/documentation.R
index 8669f7b3..0442f01b 100644
--- a/R/documentation.R
+++ b/R/documentation.R
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ seealso <- function(pattern) {
 
 seealso_transform <- function() seealso("^transform_")
 
-seealso_pal <- function() seealso("_pal$")
+seealso_pal <- function() seealso("^pal_")
diff --git a/R/pal-shape.R b/R/pal-shape.r
similarity index 100%
rename from R/pal-shape.R
rename to R/pal-shape.r
diff --git a/R/scale-continuous.R b/R/scale-continuous.R
index e687937c..102b325f 100644
--- a/R/scale-continuous.R
+++ b/R/scale-continuous.R
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
 #'  \Sexpr[results=rd,stage=build]{scales:::seealso_transform()}.
 #' @export
 #' @examples
-#' with(mtcars, plot(disp, mpg, cex = cscale(hp, rescale_pal())))
-#' with(mtcars, plot(disp, mpg, cex = cscale(hp, rescale_pal(),
+#' with(mtcars, plot(disp, mpg, cex = cscale(hp, pal_rescale())))
+#' with(mtcars, plot(disp, mpg, cex = cscale(hp, pal_rescale(),
 #'   trans = transform_sqrt()
 #' )))
-#' with(mtcars, plot(disp, mpg, cex = cscale(hp, area_pal())))
+#' with(mtcars, plot(disp, mpg, cex = cscale(hp, pal_area())))
 #' with(mtcars, plot(disp, mpg,
 #'   pch = 20, cex = 5,
 #'   col = cscale(hp, pal_seq_gradient("grey80", "black"))
diff --git a/man/cscale.Rd b/man/cscale.Rd
index 001520bd..2ff6f969 100644
--- a/man/cscale.Rd
+++ b/man/cscale.Rd
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ Built in transformations:
 Continuous scale
 }
 \examples{
-with(mtcars, plot(disp, mpg, cex = cscale(hp, rescale_pal())))
-with(mtcars, plot(disp, mpg, cex = cscale(hp, rescale_pal(),
+with(mtcars, plot(disp, mpg, cex = cscale(hp, pal_rescale())))
+with(mtcars, plot(disp, mpg, cex = cscale(hp, pal_rescale(),
   trans = transform_sqrt()
 )))
-with(mtcars, plot(disp, mpg, cex = cscale(hp, area_pal())))
+with(mtcars, plot(disp, mpg, cex = cscale(hp, pal_area())))
 with(mtcars, plot(disp, mpg,
   pch = 20, cex = 5,
   col = cscale(hp, pal_seq_gradient("grey80", "black"))