diff --git a/R/sanitize_type.R b/R/sanitize_type.R
index 074336ca..d75f7db9 100644
--- a/R/sanitize_type.R
+++ b/R/sanitize_type.R
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ sanitize_type = function(settings) {
     "errorbar",
     "function",
     "glm",
-    "hexbin",
+    "hex", "hexbin",
     "hist", "histogram",
     "hline",
     "j", "jitter",
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ sanitize_type = function(settings) {
       "errorbar"   = type_errorbar,
       "function"   = type_function,
       "glm"        = type_glm,
+      "hex"        = type_hexbin,
       "hexbin"     = type_hexbin,
       "hist"       = type_histogram,
       "histogram"  = type_histogram,
diff --git a/R/type_hexbin.R b/R/type_hexbin.R
index 8f19beec..3b45080e 100644
--- a/R/type_hexbin.R
+++ b/R/type_hexbin.R
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 #' set.seed(1234)
 #' dat = data.frame(x = rnorm(20000), y = rnorm(20000))
 #'
-#' # "hexbin" type convenience string
+#' # "hexbin"/"hex" type convenience string
 #' tinyplot(y ~ x, data = dat, type = "hexbin")
 #'
 #' # Use type_hexbin() to pass extra arguments
diff --git a/R/zzz.R b/R/zzz.R
index 5f1089ca..9a69f29c 100644
--- a/R/zzz.R
+++ b/R/zzz.R
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     "facet_col",
     "facet_dep",
     "facet_font",
+    "facet_labs",
     "facet_newlines",
     "facet_rect",
     "facet_text",
diff --git a/man/facet.Rd b/man/facet.Rd
index 4a071680..35bb4d7b 100644
--- a/man/facet.Rd
+++ b/man/facet.Rd
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ draw_facet_window(
   rev_y = FALSE,
   xlim_partial = NULL,
   ylim_partial = NULL,
+  facet_labs = NULL,
   asp,
   log,
   dots,
diff --git a/man/type_hexbin.Rd b/man/type_hexbin.Rd
index a5f9c463..fe8ee4e0 100644
--- a/man/type_hexbin.Rd
+++ b/man/type_hexbin.Rd
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ against this package to confirm they match exactly.
 set.seed(1234)
 dat = data.frame(x = rnorm(20000), y = rnorm(20000))
 
-# "hexbin" type convenience string
+# "hexbin"/"hex" type convenience string
 tinyplot(y ~ x, data = dat, type = "hexbin")
 
 # Use type_hexbin() to pass extra arguments