diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 88891b7..9302e25 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ Inside the javascript code, you'll have access to those variables:
     - `helpers.formatShortDateTime(datetime)`: August 9, 2021, 8:23:15 AM
     - `helpers.formatShortDateTimeWithYear(datetime)`: 9/8/2021, 8:23 AM
     - Example: `return helpers.formatDateTime(entity.attribute.last_changed)`
-  - `helpers.relativeTime(date)`: Returns an lit-html template which will render a relative time and update automatically. `date` should be a string. Usage for eg.: `return helpers.relativeTime(entity.last_changed)`
+  - `helpers.relativeTime(date, capitalize? = false)`: Returns an lit-html template which will render a relative time and update automatically. `date` should be a string. `capitalize` is an optional boolean, if set to `true`, the first letter will be uppercase. Usage for eg.: `return helpers.relativeTime(entity.last_changed)`
 
 See [here](#templates-support) for some examples or [here](#custom-fields) for some crazy advanced stuff using templates!
 
diff --git a/src/button-card.ts b/src/button-card.ts
index a96278e..dc87ac3 100644
--- a/src/button-card.ts
+++ b/src/button-card.ts
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ class ButtonCard extends LitElement {
     );
   }
 
-  private _relativeTime(date: string | undefined) {
+  private _relativeTime(date: string | undefined, capitalize: boolean = false) {
     if (date) {
       return html`
         <ha-relative-time
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ class ButtonCard extends LitElement {
           class="ellipsis"
           .hass="${this._hass}"
           .datetime="${date}"
+          .capitalize="${capitalize}"
         ></ha-relative-time>
       `;
     }