diff --git a/solr/bin/solr.cmd b/solr/bin/solr.cmd
index ae51b74d8cf..a89c8848a58 100755
--- a/solr/bin/solr.cmd
+++ b/solr/bin/solr.cmd
@@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ IF "%1"=="-V" (
 ) ELSE IF "%1"=="-n" (
   goto set_config_name
 ) ELSE IF "%1"=="-r" (
-  goto set_zk_recurse
+  goto set_zk_recursive
 ) ELSE IF "%1"=="-configname" (
   goto set_config_name
 ) ELSE IF "%1"=="-d" (
@@ -1369,8 +1369,8 @@ set ZK_DST=%~1
 SHIFT
 goto parse_zk_args
 
-:set_zk_recurse
-set ZK_RECURSE="true"
+:set_zk_recursive
+set ZK_RECURSIVE="true"
 SHIFT
 goto parse_zk_args
 
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ IF "!ZK_OP!"=="upconfig" (
   "%JAVA%" %SOLR_SSL_OPTS% %AUTHC_OPTS% %SOLR_ZK_CREDS_AND_ACLS% %SOLR_TOOL_OPTS% -Dsolr.install.dir="%SOLR_TIP%" ^
   -Dlog4j.configurationFile="file:///%DEFAULT_SERVER_DIR%\resources\log4j2-console.xml" ^
   -classpath "%DEFAULT_SERVER_DIR%\solr-webapp\webapp\WEB-INF\lib\*;%DEFAULT_SERVER_DIR%\lib\ext\*" ^
-  org.apache.solr.cli.SolrCLI !ZK_OP! -z !ZK_HOST! --source !ZK_SRC! --destination !ZK_DST! --recurse !ZK_RECURSE! %ZK_VERBOSE%
+  org.apache.solr.cli.SolrCLI !ZK_OP! -z !ZK_HOST! --source !ZK_SRC! --destination !ZK_DST! --recursive !ZK_RECURSIVE! %ZK_VERBOSE%
 ) ELSE IF "!ZK_OP!"=="mv" (
   IF "%ZK_SRC%"=="" (
     set ERROR_MSG="<src> must be specified for 'mv' command"
@@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@ IF "!ZK_OP!"=="upconfig" (
   "%JAVA%" %SOLR_SSL_OPTS% %AUTHC_OPTS% %SOLR_ZK_CREDS_AND_ACLS% %SOLR_TOOL_OPTS% -Dsolr.install.dir="%SOLR_TIP%" ^
   -Dlog4j.configurationFile="file:///%DEFAULT_SERVER_DIR%\resources\log4j2-console.xml" ^
   -classpath "%DEFAULT_SERVER_DIR%\solr-webapp\webapp\WEB-INF\lib\*;%DEFAULT_SERVER_DIR%\lib\ext\*" ^
-  org.apache.solr.cli.SolrCLI !ZK_OP! -z !ZK_HOST! --path !ZK_SRC! --recurse !ZK_RECURSE! %ZK_VERBOSE%
+  org.apache.solr.cli.SolrCLI !ZK_OP! -z !ZK_HOST! --path !ZK_SRC! --recursive !ZK_RECURSIVE! %ZK_VERBOSE%
 ) ELSE IF "!ZK_OP!"=="ls" (
   IF "%ZK_SRC"=="" (
     set ERROR_MSG="Zookeeper path to remove must be specified when using the 'ls' command"
@@ -1486,7 +1486,7 @@ IF "!ZK_OP!"=="upconfig" (
   "%JAVA%" %SOLR_SSL_OPTS% %AUTHC_OPTS% %SOLR_ZK_CREDS_AND_ACLS% %SOLR_TOOL_OPTS% -Dsolr.install.dir="%SOLR_TIP%" ^
   -Dlog4j.configurationFile="file:///%DEFAULT_SERVER_DIR%\resources\log4j2-console.xml" ^
   -classpath "%DEFAULT_SERVER_DIR%\solr-webapp\webapp\WEB-INF\lib\*;%DEFAULT_SERVER_DIR%\lib\ext\*" ^
-  org.apache.solr.cli.SolrCLI !ZK_OP! -z !ZK_HOST! --path !ZK_SRC! --recurse !ZK_RECURSE! %ZK_VERBOSE%
+  org.apache.solr.cli.SolrCLI !ZK_OP! -z !ZK_HOST! --path !ZK_SRC! --recursive !ZK_RECURSIVE! %ZK_VERBOSE%
 ) ELSE IF "!ZK_OP!"=="mkroot" (
   IF "%ZK_SRC"=="" (
     set ERROR_MSG="Zookeeper path to create must be specified when using the 'mkroot' command"
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cli/SolrCLI.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cli/SolrCLI.java
index 056a7792bb5..7e3fa93a25a 100755
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cli/SolrCLI.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cli/SolrCLI.java
@@ -156,9 +156,22 @@ public class SolrCLI implements CLIO {
   public static final Option OPTION_HELP =
       Option.builder("h").longOpt("help").required(false).desc("Print this message.").build();
 
-  public static final Option OPTION_RECURSE =
-      Option.builder("r")
+  public static final Option OPTION_RECURSE_DEPRECATED =
+      Option.builder()
           .longOpt("recurse")
+          .deprecated(
+              DeprecatedAttributes.builder()
+                  .setForRemoval(true)
+                  .setSince("9.8")
+                  .setDescription("Use --recursive instead")
+                  .get())
+          .required(false)
+          .desc("Apply the command recursively.")
+          .build();
+
+  public static final Option OPTION_RECURSIVE =
+      Option.builder("r")
+          .longOpt("recursive")
           .required(false)
           .desc("Apply the command recursively.")
           .build();
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cli/ZkCpTool.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cli/ZkCpTool.java
index 44c0afa94b7..087cc36df83 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cli/ZkCpTool.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cli/ZkCpTool.java
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ public List<Option> getOptions() {
             .required(false)
             .desc("Required to look up configuration for compressing state.json.")
             .build(),
-        SolrCLI.OPTION_RECURSE,
+        SolrCLI.OPTION_RECURSE_DEPRECATED,
+        SolrCLI.OPTION_RECURSIVE,
         SolrCLI.OPTION_SOLRURL,
         SolrCLI.OPTION_SOLRURL_DEPRECATED,
         SolrCLI.OPTION_ZKHOST,
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ public void runImpl(CommandLine cli) throws Exception {
     echoIfVerbose("\nConnecting to ZooKeeper at " + zkHost + " ...");
     String src = cli.getArgs()[0];
     String dst = cli.getArgs()[1];
-    boolean recurse = cli.hasOption("recurse");
+    boolean recursive = cli.hasOption("recursive") || cli.hasOption("recurse");
     echo("Copying from '" + src + "' to '" + dst + "'. ZooKeeper at " + zkHost);
 
     boolean srcIsZk = src.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).startsWith("zk:");
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ public void runImpl(CommandLine cli) throws Exception {
             .withStateFileCompression(minStateByteLenForCompression, compressor)
             .build()) {
 
-      zkClient.zkTransfer(srcName, srcIsZk, dstName, dstIsZk, recurse);
+      zkClient.zkTransfer(srcName, srcIsZk, dstName, dstIsZk, recursive);
 
     } catch (Exception e) {
       log.error("Could not complete the zk operation for reason: ", e);
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cli/ZkLsTool.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cli/ZkLsTool.java
index 3885734918a..3e9657e12b1 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cli/ZkLsTool.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cli/ZkLsTool.java
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ public ZkLsTool(PrintStream stdout) {
   @Override
   public List<Option> getOptions() {
     return List.of(
-        SolrCLI.OPTION_RECURSE,
+        SolrCLI.OPTION_RECURSE_DEPRECATED,
+        SolrCLI.OPTION_RECURSIVE,
         SolrCLI.OPTION_SOLRURL,
         SolrCLI.OPTION_SOLRURL_DEPRECATED,
         SolrCLI.OPTION_ZKHOST,
@@ -68,15 +69,15 @@ public void runImpl(CommandLine cli) throws Exception {
     try (SolrZkClient zkClient = SolrCLI.getSolrZkClient(cli, zkHost)) {
       echoIfVerbose("\nConnecting to ZooKeeper at " + zkHost + " ...");
 
-      boolean recurse = cli.hasOption("recurse");
+      boolean recursive = cli.hasOption("recursive") || cli.hasOption("recurse");
       echoIfVerbose(
           "Getting listing for ZooKeeper node "
               + znode
               + " from ZooKeeper at "
               + zkHost
-              + " recurse: "
-              + recurse);
-      stdout.print(zkClient.listZnode(znode, recurse));
+              + " recursive: "
+              + recursive);
+      stdout.print(zkClient.listZnode(znode, recursive));
     } catch (Exception e) {
       log.error("Could not complete ls operation for reason: ", e);
       throw (e);
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cli/ZkRmTool.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cli/ZkRmTool.java
index d9fbf8908b3..bcf953ddab0 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cli/ZkRmTool.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cli/ZkRmTool.java
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ public ZkRmTool(PrintStream stdout) {
   @Override
   public List<Option> getOptions() {
     return List.of(
-        SolrCLI.OPTION_RECURSE,
+        SolrCLI.OPTION_RECURSE_DEPRECATED,
+        SolrCLI.OPTION_RECURSIVE,
         SolrCLI.OPTION_SOLRURL,
         SolrCLI.OPTION_SOLRURL_DEPRECATED,
         SolrCLI.OPTION_ZKHOST,
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ public void runImpl(CommandLine cli) throws Exception {
     String zkHost = SolrCLI.getZkHost(cli);
 
     String target = cli.getArgs()[0];
-    boolean recurse = cli.hasOption("recurse");
+    boolean recursive = cli.hasOption("recursive") || cli.hasOption("recurse");
 
     String znode = target;
     if (target.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).startsWith("zk:")) {
@@ -77,17 +78,17 @@ public void runImpl(CommandLine cli) throws Exception {
     }
     echoIfVerbose("\nConnecting to ZooKeeper at " + zkHost + " ...");
     try (SolrZkClient zkClient = SolrCLI.getSolrZkClient(cli, zkHost)) {
-      if (!recurse && zkClient.getChildren(znode, null, true).size() != 0) {
+      if (!recursive && zkClient.getChildren(znode, null, true).size() != 0) {
         throw new SolrServerException(
-            "ZooKeeper node " + znode + " has children and recurse has NOT been specified.");
+            "ZooKeeper node " + znode + " has children and recursive has NOT been specified.");
       }
       echo(
           "Removing ZooKeeper node "
               + znode
               + " from ZooKeeper at "
               + zkHost
-              + " recurse: "
-              + recurse);
+              + " recursive: "
+              + recursive);
       zkClient.clean(znode);
     } catch (Exception e) {
       log.error("Could not complete rm operation for reason: ", e);
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cli/SolrCLIZkToolsTest.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cli/SolrCLIZkToolsTest.java
index 60883139e88..9cf1c28fe46 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cli/SolrCLIZkToolsTest.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cli/SolrCLIZkToolsTest.java
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ public void testCp() throws Exception {
     Path tmp = createTempDir("tmpNewPlace2");
     args =
         new String[] {
-          "--recurse", "--zk-host", zkAddr, "zk:/configs/cp1", "file:" + tmp.toAbsolutePath()
+          "--recursive", "--zk-host", zkAddr, "zk:/configs/cp1", "file:" + tmp.toAbsolutePath()
         };
 
     res = cpTool.runTool(SolrCLI.processCommandLineArgs(cpTool, args));
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ public void testCp() throws Exception {
     tmp = createTempDir("tmpNewPlace3");
     args =
         new String[] {
-          "--recurse", "--zk-host", zkAddr, "zk:/configs/cp1", tmp.toAbsolutePath().toString()
+          "--recursive", "--zk-host", zkAddr, "zk:/configs/cp1", tmp.toAbsolutePath().toString()
         };
 
     res = cpTool.runTool(SolrCLI.processCommandLineArgs(cpTool, args));
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ public void testCp() throws Exception {
     // try with local->zk
     args =
         new String[] {
-          "--recurse", "--zk-host", zkAddr, srcPathCheck.toAbsolutePath().toString(), "zk:/cp3"
+          "--recursive", "--zk-host", zkAddr, srcPathCheck.toAbsolutePath().toString(), "zk:/cp3"
         };
 
     res = cpTool.runTool(SolrCLI.processCommandLineArgs(cpTool, args));
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ public void testCp() throws Exception {
     // try with local->zk, file: specified
     args =
         new String[] {
-          "--recurse", "--zk-host", zkAddr, "file:" + srcPathCheck.toAbsolutePath(), "zk:/cp4"
+          "--recursive", "--zk-host", zkAddr, "file:" + srcPathCheck.toAbsolutePath(), "zk:/cp4"
         };
 
     res = cpTool.runTool(SolrCLI.processCommandLineArgs(cpTool, args));
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ public void testCp() throws Exception {
     // source path to the dst
     args =
         new String[] {
-          "--recurse", "--zk-host", zkAddr, "file:" + srcPathCheck.toAbsolutePath(), "zk:/cp7/"
+          "--recursive", "--zk-host", zkAddr, "file:" + srcPathCheck.toAbsolutePath(), "zk:/cp7/"
         };
 
     res = cpTool.runTool(SolrCLI.processCommandLineArgs(cpTool, args));
@@ -341,7 +341,9 @@ public void testCp() throws Exception {
 
     tmp = createTempDir("cp8");
     args =
-        new String[] {"--recurse", "--zk-host", zkAddr, "zk:/cp7", "file:" + tmp.toAbsolutePath()};
+        new String[] {
+          "--recursive", "--zk-host", zkAddr, "zk:/cp7", "file:" + tmp.toAbsolutePath()
+        };
     res = cpTool.runTool(SolrCLI.processCommandLineArgs(cpTool, args));
     assertEquals("Copy should have succeeded.", 0, res);
 
@@ -351,7 +353,9 @@ public void testCp() throws Exception {
 
     // Finally, copy up to cp8 and verify that the data is up there.
     args =
-        new String[] {"--recurse", "--zk-host", zkAddr, "file:" + tmp.toAbsolutePath(), "zk:/cp9"};
+        new String[] {
+          "--recursive", "--zk-host", zkAddr, "file:" + tmp.toAbsolutePath(), "zk:/cp9"
+        };
 
     res = cpTool.runTool(SolrCLI.processCommandLineArgs(cpTool, args));
     assertEquals("Copy should have succeeded.", 0, res);
@@ -394,7 +398,7 @@ public void testCp() throws Exception {
 
     args =
         new String[] {
-          "--recurse",
+          "--recursive",
           "--zk-host",
           zkAddr,
           "file:" + emptyFile.getParent().getParent().toString(),
@@ -408,7 +412,7 @@ public void testCp() throws Exception {
     tmp2 = createTempDir("cp10");
     args =
         new String[] {
-          "--recurse", "--zk-host", zkAddr, "zk:/cp10", "file:" + tmp2.toAbsolutePath()
+          "--recursive", "--zk-host", zkAddr, "zk:/cp10", "file:" + tmp2.toAbsolutePath()
         };
     res = cpTool.runTool(SolrCLI.processCommandLineArgs(cpTool, args));
     assertEquals("Copy should have succeeded.", 0, res);
@@ -516,7 +520,7 @@ public void testLs() throws Exception {
     assertFalse("Return should NOT contain a child node", content.contains("solrconfig.xml"));
 
     // ls with recursion
-    args = new String[] {"--recurse", "--zk-host", zkAddr, "/configs"};
+    args = new String[] {"--recursive", "--zk-host", zkAddr, "/configs"};
 
     res = tool.runTool(SolrCLI.processCommandLineArgs(tool, args));
     content = baos.toString(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
@@ -526,7 +530,7 @@ public void testLs() throws Exception {
     assertTrue("Return should contain a child node", content.contains("solrconfig.xml"));
 
     // Saw a case where going from root didn't work, so test it.
-    args = new String[] {"--recurse", "--zk-host", zkAddr, "/"};
+    args = new String[] {"--recursive", "--zk-host", zkAddr, "/"};
 
     res = tool.runTool(SolrCLI.processCommandLineArgs(tool, args));
     content = baos.toString(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
@@ -543,7 +547,7 @@ public void testLs() throws Exception {
     assertFalse("Return should not contain /zookeeper", content.contains("/zookeeper"));
 
     // Saw a case where ending in slash didn't work, so test it.
-    args = new String[] {"--recurse", "--zk-host", zkAddr, "/configs/"};
+    args = new String[] {"--recursive", "--zk-host", zkAddr, "/configs/"};
 
     res = tool.runTool(SolrCLI.processCommandLineArgs(tool, args));
     content = baos.toString(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
@@ -569,20 +573,21 @@ public void testRm() throws Exception {
 
     int res = tool.runTool(SolrCLI.processCommandLineArgs(tool, args));
 
-    assertTrue("Should have failed to remove node with children unless --recurse is set", res != 0);
+    assertTrue(
+        "Should have failed to remove node with children unless --recursive is set", res != 0);
 
     // Are we sure all the znodes are still there?
     verifyZkLocalPathsMatch(srcPathCheck, "/configs/rm1");
 
-    // run without recurse specified
+    // run without recursive specified
     args = new String[] {"--zk-host", zkAddr, "zk:/configs/rm1"};
 
     res = tool.runTool(SolrCLI.processCommandLineArgs(tool, args));
 
     assertTrue(
-        "Should have failed to remove node with children if --recurse is set to false", res != 0);
+        "Should have failed to remove node with children if --recursive is set to false", res != 0);
 
-    args = new String[] {"--recurse", "--zk-host", zkAddr, "/configs/rm1"};
+    args = new String[] {"--recursive", "--zk-host", zkAddr, "/configs/rm1"};
 
     res = tool.runTool(SolrCLI.processCommandLineArgs(tool, args));
     assertEquals("Should have removed node /configs/rm1", res, 0);
@@ -590,7 +595,7 @@ public void testRm() throws Exception {
         "Znode /configs/toremove really should be gone", zkClient.exists("/configs/rm1", true));
 
     // Check that zk prefix also works.
-    args = new String[] {"--recurse", "--zk-host", zkAddr, "zk:/configs/rm2"};
+    args = new String[] {"--recursive", "--zk-host", zkAddr, "zk:/configs/rm2"};
 
     res = tool.runTool(SolrCLI.processCommandLineArgs(tool, args));
     assertEquals("Should have removed node /configs/rm2", res, 0);
@@ -598,7 +603,7 @@ public void testRm() throws Exception {
         "Znode /configs/toremove2 really should be gone", zkClient.exists("/configs/rm2", true));
 
     // This should silently just refuse to do anything to the / or /zookeeper
-    args = new String[] {"--recurse", "--zk-host", zkAddr, "zk:/"};
+    args = new String[] {"--recursive", "--zk-host", zkAddr, "zk:/"};
 
     AbstractDistribZkTestBase.copyConfigUp(configSet, "cloud-subdirs", "rm3", zkAddr);
     res = tool.runTool(SolrCLI.processCommandLineArgs(tool, args));
diff --git a/solr/packaging/test/test_zk.bats b/solr/packaging/test/test_zk.bats
index a87d8130911..f823f70c9a1 100644
--- a/solr/packaging/test/test_zk.bats
+++ b/solr/packaging/test/test_zk.bats
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ teardown() {
 
 @test "listing out files" {
   sleep 1
-  run solr zk ls / -z localhost:${ZK_PORT}
+  run solr zk ls / -z localhost:${ZK_PORT} --recursive
   assert_output --partial "aliases.json"
 }
 
diff --git a/solr/solr-ref-guide/modules/deployment-guide/pages/solr-control-script-reference.adoc b/solr/solr-ref-guide/modules/deployment-guide/pages/solr-control-script-reference.adoc
index 0d2ebb13051..46baf29c027 100644
--- a/solr/solr-ref-guide/modules/deployment-guide/pages/solr-control-script-reference.adoc
+++ b/solr/solr-ref-guide/modules/deployment-guide/pages/solr-control-script-reference.adoc
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ This command will copy from the local drive to ZooKeeper, from ZooKeeper to the
 
 ==== ZK Copy Parameters
 
-`-r`::
+`-r` or `--recursive`::
 +
 [%autowidth,frame=none]
 |===
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ Use the `zk rm` command to remove a znode (and optionally all child nodes) from
 
 ==== ZK Remove Parameters
 
-`-r`::
+`-r` or `--recursive`::
 +
 [%autowidth,frame=none]
 |===
@@ -1522,7 +1522,7 @@ Use the `zk ls` command to see the children of a znode.
 
 ==== ZK List Parameters
 
-`-r`::
+`-r` or `--recursive`::
 +
 [%autowidth,frame=none]
 |===