diff --git a/cucul/cucul.h b/cucul/cucul.h
index c43acc1..d853ce7 100644
--- a/cucul/cucul.h
+++ b/cucul/cucul.h
@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@ int cucul_set_canvas_boundaries(cucul_canvas_t *, int, int,
 int cucul_invert(cucul_canvas_t *);
 int cucul_flip(cucul_canvas_t *);
 int cucul_flop(cucul_canvas_t *);
-int cucul_rotate(cucul_canvas_t *);
-int cucul_left(cucul_canvas_t *);
-int cucul_right(cucul_canvas_t *);
+int cucul_rotate_180(cucul_canvas_t *);
+int cucul_rotate_left(cucul_canvas_t *);
+int cucul_rotate_right(cucul_canvas_t *);
 /*  @} */
 
 /** \defgroup attributes libcucul attribute conversions
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ char const * const * cucul_get_export_list(void);
                                          char const *) CUCUL_DEPRECATED;
     cucul_canvas_t * cucul_import_canvas(cucul_buffer_t *,
                                          char const *) CUCUL_DEPRECATED;
+    int cucul_rotate(cucul_canvas_t *) CUCUL_DEPRECATED;
 #   define CUCUL_COLOR_BLACK CUCUL_BLACK
 #   define CUCUL_COLOR_BLUE CUCUL_BLUE
 #   define CUCUL_COLOR_GREEN CUCUL_GREEN
diff --git a/cucul/legacy.c b/cucul/legacy.c
index 9b293c9..78d63d9 100644
--- a/cucul/legacy.c
+++ b/cucul/legacy.c
@@ -209,3 +209,12 @@ int cucul_free_buffer(cucul_buffer_t *buf)
     return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Functions from transform.c
+ */
+
+int cucul_rotate(cucul_canvas_t *cv)
+{
+    return cucul_rotate_180(cv);
+}
+
diff --git a/cucul/transform.c b/cucul/transform.c
index 051f9dc..0311b1b 100644
--- a/cucul/transform.c
+++ b/cucul/transform.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ int cucul_flop(cucul_canvas_t *cv)
  *  \param cv The canvas to rotate.
  *  \return This function always returns 0.
  */
-int cucul_rotate(cucul_canvas_t *cv)
+int cucul_rotate_180(cucul_canvas_t *cv)
 {
     uint32_t *cbegin = cv->chars;
     uint32_t *cend = cbegin + cv->width * cv->height - 1;
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ int cucul_rotate(cucul_canvas_t *cv)
  *  \param cv The canvas to rotate left.
  *  \return 0 in case of success, -1 if an error occurred.
  */
-int cucul_left(cucul_canvas_t *cv)
+int cucul_rotate_left(cucul_canvas_t *cv)
 {
     uint32_t *newchars, *newattrs;
     unsigned int x, y;
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ int cucul_left(cucul_canvas_t *cv)
  *  \param cv The canvas to rotate right.
  *  \return 0 in case of success, -1 if an error occurred.
  */
-int cucul_right(cucul_canvas_t *cv)
+int cucul_rotate_right(cucul_canvas_t *cv)
 {
     uint32_t *newchars, *newattrs;
     unsigned int x, y;
diff --git a/test/text.c b/test/text.c
index 2fb93d7..ac13deb 100644
--- a/test/text.c
+++ b/test/text.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     cucul_flop(pig);
     cucul_blit(cv, 0, cucul_get_canvas_height(pig), pig, NULL);
     cucul_flop(pig);
-    cucul_rotate(pig);
+    cucul_rotate_180(pig);
     cucul_blit(cv, cucul_get_canvas_width(pig),
                    cucul_get_canvas_height(pig), pig, NULL);
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     fwrite(buffer, len, 1, stdout);
     free(buffer);
 
-    cucul_left(cv);
+    cucul_rotate_left(cv);
     buffer = cucul_export_memory(cv, "utf8", &len);
     fwrite(buffer, len, 1, stdout);
     free(buffer);
diff --git a/test/transform.c b/test/transform.c
index e941d0d..278567c 100644
--- a/test/transform.c
+++ b/test/transform.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     cucul_put_str(cv, 0, 18, "rotate");
     cucul_blit(tmp, 0, 0, image, NULL);
-    cucul_rotate(tmp);
+    cucul_rotate_180(tmp);
     cucul_blit(cv, 10, 18, tmp, NULL);
 
     caca_refresh_display(dp);