diff --git a/.datatables-commit-sync b/.datatables-commit-sync
index 9f1b2875..b8d59f34 100644
--- a/.datatables-commit-sync
+++ b/.datatables-commit-sync
@@ -1 +1 @@
-c03c559f0b0a8a815ab1dab80fe72d6806ce78a5
+9cb6d52a9a3e57a2327bc987d905ef8a55a3846b
diff --git a/examples/api/counter_columns.html b/examples/api/counter_columns.html
index f9274409..67928047 100644
--- a/examples/api/counter_columns.html
+++ b/examples/api/counter_columns.html
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 	} );
 
 	t.on( 'order search', function () {
-		t.column(0, {filter:'applied', order:'applied'}).nodes().each( function (cell, i) {
+		t.column(0, {search:'applied', order:'applied'}).nodes().each( function (cell, i) {
 			cell.innerHTML = i+1;
 		} );
 	} ).draw();
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 	} );
 
 	t.on( 'order search', function () {
-		t.column(0, {filter:'applied', order:'applied'}).nodes().each( function (cell, i) {
+		t.column(0, {search:'applied', order:'applied'}).nodes().each( function (cell, i) {
 			cell.innerHTML = i+1;
 		} );
 	} ).draw();
diff --git a/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js b/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js
index 74a1c553..422c90f6 100644
--- a/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js
+++ b/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js
@@ -7137,8 +7137,14 @@
 			opts = {};
 		}
 	
+		// Backwards compatibility for 1.9- which used the terminology filter rather
+		// than search
+		if ( opts.filter && ! opts.search ) {
+			opts.search = opts.filter;
+		}
+	
 		return {
-			filter: opts.filter || 'none',
+			search: opts.search || 'none',
 			order:  opts.order  || 'current',
 			page:   opts.page   || 'all'
 		};
@@ -7174,12 +7180,12 @@
 			displayMaster = settings.aiDisplayMaster;
 	
 		var
-			filter = opts.filter,  // none, applied, removed
-			order  = opts.order,   // current, index (original - compatibility with 1.9)
-			page   = opts.page;    // all, page
+			search = opts.search,  // none, applied, removed
+			order  = opts.order,   // applied, current, index (original - compatibility with 1.9)
+			page   = opts.page;    // all, current
 	
 		// Current page implies that order=current and fitler=applied, since it is
-		// fairly senseless otherwise, regardless of what order and filter actually
+		// fairly senseless otherwise, regardless of what order and search actually
 		// are
 		if ( page == 'current' )
 		{
@@ -7188,24 +7194,24 @@
 			}
 		}
 		else if ( order == 'current' || order == 'applied' ) {
-			a = filter == 'none' ?
-				displayMaster.slice() :                      // no filter
-				filter == 'applied' ?
-					displayFiltered.slice() :                // applied filter
-					$.map( displayMaster, function (el, i) { // removed filter
+			a = search == 'none' ?
+				displayMaster.slice() :                      // no search
+				search == 'applied' ?
+					displayFiltered.slice() :                // applied search
+					$.map( displayMaster, function (el, i) { // removed search
 						return $.inArray( el, displayFiltered ) === -1 ? el : null;
 					} );
 		}
 		else if ( order == 'index' || order == 'original' ) {
 			for ( i=0, ien=settings.aoData.length ; i<ien ; i++ ) {
-				if ( filter == 'none' ) {
+				if ( search == 'none' ) {
 					a.push( i );
 				}
 				else { // applied | removed
 					tmp = $.inArray( i, displayFiltered );
 	
-					if ((tmp === -1 && filter == 'removed') ||
-						(tmp === 1  && filter == 'applied') )
+					if ((tmp === -1 && search == 'removed') ||
+						(tmp === 1  && search == 'applied') )
 					{
 						a.push( i );
 					}