diff --git a/docs/src/view.flot.html b/docs/src/view.flot.html
index 08a8a030..1f4ce49a 100644
--- a/docs/src/view.flot.html
+++ b/docs/src/view.flot.html
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ generate the element itself (you can then append view.el to the DOM.</p>
   <span class="nx">template</span><span class="o">:</span> <span class="s1">&#39; \</span>
 <span class="s1">    &lt;div class=&quot;recline-flot&quot;&gt; \</span>
 <span class="s1">      &lt;div class=&quot;panel graph&quot; style=&quot;display: block;&quot;&gt; \</span>
-<span class="s1">        &lt;div class=&quot;js-temp-notice alert alert-block&quot;&gt; \</span>
+<span class="s1">        &lt;div class=&quot;js-temp-notice alert alert-warning alert-block&quot;&gt; \</span>
 <span class="s1">          &lt;h3 class=&quot;alert-heading&quot;&gt;Hey there!&lt;/h3&gt; \</span>
 <span class="s1">          &lt;p&gt;There\&#39;s no graph here yet because we don\&#39;t know what fields you\&#39;d like to see plotted.&lt;/p&gt; \</span>
 <span class="s1">          &lt;p&gt;Please tell us by &lt;strong&gt;using the menu on the right&lt;/strong&gt; and a graph will automatically appear.&lt;/p&gt; \</span>
diff --git a/src/view.flot.js b/src/view.flot.js
index 62605eb3..75a99c87 100644
--- a/src/view.flot.js
+++ b/src/view.flot.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ my.Flot = Backbone.View.extend({
   template: ' \
     <div class="recline-flot"> \
       <div class="panel graph" style="display: block;"> \
-        <div class="js-temp-notice alert alert-block"> \
+        <div class="js-temp-notice alert alert-warning alert-block"> \
           <h3 class="alert-heading">Hey there!</h3> \
           <p>There\'s no graph here yet because we don\'t know what fields you\'d like to see plotted.</p> \
           <p>Please tell us by <strong>using the menu on the right</strong> and a graph will automatically appear.</p> \