diff --git a/docs/libcurl/symbols-in-versions b/docs/libcurl/symbols-in-versions
index 1a9dc3697b..8299a5179c 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/symbols-in-versions
+++ b/docs/libcurl/symbols-in-versions
@@ -671,6 +671,7 @@ CURL_GLOBAL_WIN32               7.8.1
 CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_0           7.9.1
 CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1           7.9.1
 CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0           7.33.0
+CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2             7.43.0
 CURL_HTTP_VERSION_NONE          7.9.1
 CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4               7.10.8
 CURL_IPRESOLVE_V6               7.10.8
diff --git a/include/curl/curl.h b/include/curl/curl.h
index 727f19a4f8..eab2f6e99a 100644
--- a/include/curl/curl.h
+++ b/include/curl/curl.h
@@ -1695,6 +1695,11 @@ enum {
   CURL_HTTP_VERSION_LAST /* *ILLEGAL* http version */
 };
 
+/* Convenience definition simple because the name of the version is HTTP/2 and
+   not 2.0. The 2_0 version of the enum name was set while the version was
+   still planned to be 2.0 and we stick to it for compatibility. */
+#define CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2 CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0
+
 /*
  * Public API enums for RTSP requests
  */